Vulnerability in Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.5 For Rhel 8
CVE-2025-49520
A flaw was found in Ansible Automation Platform’s EDA component where user-supplied Git URLs are passed unsanitized to the git ls-remote command. This vulnerability allows an authenticated attacker to inject arguments and execute arbitrary commands on the EDA worker. In Kubernetes/OpenShift environments, this can lead to service account token theft and cluster access.
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CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.006 (44.9th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 45th percentile — 44.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.005 · newest: 0.006 · change: +0.000
Affected products
- Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.5 For Rhel 8 — versions 0:1.1.11-1.el8ap
- Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.5 For Rhel 9 — versions 0:1.1.11-1.el9ap
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:9986 (vendor-advisory)
- access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-49520 (vdb-entry)
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi (issue-tracking)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2025-49520?
- CVE-2025-49520 is a high-severity vulnerability in Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.5 For Rhel 8, classified under Argument Injection. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2025-06-30.
- How severe is CVE-2025-49520?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.