CVE-2025-53861 Aap: sensitive cookie(s) set without security flags
Attackers can intercept sensitive cookies via Man-in-the-Middle attacks due to missing security flags, potentially leading to data exposure.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-53861?
CVE-2025-53861 is a low-severity vulnerability in Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2, published on 11 Jul 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
A flaw was found in Ansible. Sensitive cookies without security flags over non-encrypted channels can lead to Man-in-the-Middle (MitM) and Cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks allowing attackers to read transmitted data.
Weakness: CWE-319
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-53861?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Redhat Ansible Automation Platform.
How do I fix CVE-2025-53861?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-53861 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2025-53861 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-53861 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2
- CVE-2021-4112 Privilege escalation in ansible-tower
- CVE-2023-4237 Platform: ec2_key module prints out the private key directly to the standard output
- CVE-2021-3583 Improper Input Validation and Command Injection in Ansible
- CVE-2025-9907 Event-driven-ansible: event stream test mode exposes sensitive headers in aap eda
- CVE-2025-9908 Event-driven-ansible: sensitive internal headers disclosure in aap eda event streams
Sources
Also known as GHSA-3f47-vg2x-225m.