CVE-2025-14025 Ansible-automation-platform/aap-gateway: aap-gateway: read-only personal access token (pat) bypasses write restrictions
Read-only API tokens in Ansible Automation Platform can bypass restrictions to perform write operations on backend services, limited only by RBAC.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2025-14025?
CVE-2025-14025 is a high-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.5, published on 8 Jan 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
A flaw was found in Ansible Automation Platform (AAP). Read-only scoped OAuth2 API Tokens in AAP, are enforced at the Gateway level for Gateway-specific operations. However, this vulnerability allows read-only tokens to perform write operations on backend services (e.g., Controller, Hub, EDA). If this flaw were exploited, an attacker‘s capabilities would only be limited by role based access controls (RBAC).
Weakness: CWE-279
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-14025?
Linux distribution packages (3)
automation-gateway-server Red Hat:ansible_automation_platform:2.5::el8 | All versions | 0:2.5.20260106-1.el8ap |
automation-gateway-server Red Hat:ansible_automation_platform:2.5::el9 | All versions | 0:2.5.20260106-1.el9ap |
automation-gateway-server Red Hat:ansible_automation_platform:2.6::el9 | All versions | 0:2.6.20260106-1.el9ap |
How do I fix CVE-2025-14025?
Apply the vendor's patch.
Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.
Is CVE-2025-14025 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-14025 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-3j6w-p6vm-g8hg, RHSA-2026:0360, RHSA-2026:0361.