# 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.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 28 Mar 2025
- **Updated:** 20 Mar 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-wfxf-3935-5jgv, RHSA-2025:3636, RHSA-2025:3637

## 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 (Debug Messages Revealing Unnecessary Information)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-2877?


| Package | Ecosystem | Affected | Fixed in |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `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.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-2877 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: 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.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-2877 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.4 for RHEL 8. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-2877/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-2877/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-2877
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-2877
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-2877

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-2877/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.