CVE-2025-2877 Information disclosure in Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.4 for RHEL 8
Attackers with debug access can view inventory passwords in plain text when Event-Driven Ansible rulebooks are run with debug verbosity.
- 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-2025-2877?
CVE-2025-2877 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.4 for RHEL 8, published on 28 Mar 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
A flaw was found in the Ansible Automation Platform's Event-Driven Ansible. In configurations where verbosity is set to "debug", inventory passwords are exposed in plain text when starting a rulebook activation. This issue exists for any "debug" action in a rulebook and also affects Event Streams.
Weakness: CWE-1295
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-2877?
Linux distribution packages (4)
ansible-rulebook Red Hat:ansible_automation_platform:2.4::el8 | All versions | 0:1.0.8-2.el8ap |
ansible-rulebook Red Hat:ansible_automation_platform:2.4::el9 | All versions | 0:1.0.8-2.el9ap |
ansible-rulebook Red Hat:ansible_automation_platform:2.5::el8 | All versions | 0:1.1.4-2.el8ap |
ansible-rulebook Red Hat:ansible_automation_platform:2.5::el9 | All versions | 0:1.1.4-2.el9ap |
How do I fix CVE-2025-2877?
Apply the vendor's patch.
Is CVE-2025-2877 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-2877 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-wfxf-3935-5jgv, RHSA-2025:3636, RHSA-2025:3637.