Medium severity · published Aug 4, 2025
CVE-2025-5988
Aap-gateway: csrf origin checking is disabled
5.3
CVSS
0.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
A flaw was found in the Ansible aap-gateway. Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) origin checking is not done on requests from the gateway to external components, such as the controller, hub, and eda.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
High
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.3% · higher than 20% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
RH
Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.5 for RHEL 8 · Red Hat
All versions, or not specified · source: vendor
RH
Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.5 for RHEL 9 · Red Hat
All versions, or not specified · source: vendor
Affected product
RH
Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.5 for RHEL 8
Red Hat
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-5988
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-5988
access.redhat.com
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:12772
access.redhat.com
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-5988
bugzilla.redhat.com
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2371644
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