Findings

CVE-2025-9909

A flaw was found in the Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform Gateway route creation component.

Published Feb 27, 2026 · updated Jun 17, 2026 · redhat ansible automation platform

A flaw was found in the Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform Gateway route creation component. This vulnerability allows credential theft via the creation of misleading routes using a double-slash (//) prefix in the gateway_path. A malicious or socially engineered administrator can configure a honey-pot route to intercept and exfiltrate user credentials, potentially maintaining persistent access or creating a backdoor even after their permissions are revoked.

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  1. Feb 27, 2026 · NIST NVD

    Detected

    A flaw was found in the Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform Gateway route creation component. This vulnerability allows credential theft via the creation of misleading routes using a double-slash (//) prefix in the gateway_path. A malicious or socially engineered administrator can configure a honey-pot route to intercept and exfiltrate user credentials, potentially maintaining persistent access or

  2. Jun 17, 2026 · NIST NVD

    Updated

    A flaw was found in the Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform Gateway route creation component. This vulnerability allows credential theft via the creation of misleading routes using a double-slash (//) prefix in the gateway_path. A malicious or socially engineered administrator can configure a honey-pot route to intercept and exfiltrate user credentials, potentially maintaining persistent access or

Affected

  • cpe redhat/ansible automation platformversion unspecified
  • cpe redhat/ansible developer1.2
  • cpe redhat/ansible developer1.3
  • cpe redhat/ansible inside1.3
  • cpe redhat/ansible inside1.4

Sources

  • NIST NVDVulnerability recordCVE-2025-9909

    A flaw was found in the Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform Gateway route creation component. This vulnerability allows credential theft via the creation of misleading routes using a double-slash (//) prefix in the gateway_path. A malicious or socially engineered administrator ca

    nvd.nist.gov

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