CVE-2025-2877

Event-driven-ansible: exposure inventory passwords in plain text when starting a rulebook activation with verbosity set to debug in eda

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.

Remediation

Workaround:

  • Mitigation for this issue is either not available or the currently available options don't meet the Red Hat Product Security criteria comprising ease of use and deployment, applicability to widespread installation base or stability.

Category

6.5
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 3.1 •
EPSS 0.04%
Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com
Affected: Red Hat Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.4 for RHEL 8
Affected: Red Hat Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.4 for RHEL 9
Affected: Red Hat Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.5 for RHEL 8
Affected: Red Hat Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.5 for RHEL 9
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:3636 vendor advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:3637 vendor advisory
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-2877 vdb entry
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2355540 issue tracking

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2025-2877?
CVE-2025-2877 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2025-2877?
As a workaround for remediating CVE-2025-2877: Mitigation for this issue is either not available or the currently available options don't meet the Red Hat Product Security criteria comprising ease of use and deployment, applicability to widespread installation base or stability.
Is CVE-2025-2877 being actively exploited in the wild?
As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2025-2877 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
What software or system is affected by CVE-2025-2877?
CVE-2025-2877 affects Red Hat Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.4 for RHEL 8, Red Hat Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.4 for RHEL 9, Red Hat Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.5 for RHEL 8, Red Hat Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.5 for RHEL 9.
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