VulnerabilityPublished 3 Mar 2025Updated 4 Nov 2026

CVE-2025-1801: automation-gateway · Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization

Affects automation-gatewaySource GCVE Database

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Not known to be exploited · CVSS 8.1 High.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026, 00:01 UTC

CVSS 3.1 base score

8.1High

How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.

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CVSS scores by source
CNA (redhat)	CVSS 3.1	8.1

EPSS: 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 25% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Attack Vector: Network
Attack Complexity: Low
Privileges Required: Low
User Interaction: None
Scope: Unchanged
Confidentiality: High
Integrity: High
Availability: None

Bold values are the worst case: easiest to exploit or largest impact.

Attack Vector: Network: The vulnerable component is bound to the network stack and the set of possible attackers extends beyond the other options listed, up to and including the entire Internet. Such a vulnerability is often termed 'remotely exploitable' and can be thought of as an attack being exploitable at the protocol level one or more network hops away (e.g., across one or more routers).
Attack Complexity: Low: Specialized access conditions or extenuating circumstances do not exist. An attacker can expect repeatable success against the vulnerable component.
Privileges Required: Low: The attacker is authorized with (i.e., requires) privileges that provide basic user capabilities that could normally affect only settings and files owned by a user. Alternatively, an attacker with Low privileges may have the ability to cause an impact only to non-sensitive resources.
User Interaction: None: The vulnerable system can be exploited without any interaction from any user.
Scope: Unchanged: An exploited vulnerability can only affect resources managed by the same security authority. In this case, the vulnerable component and the impacted component are either the same, or both are managed by the same security authority.
Confidentiality: High: There is total loss of confidentiality, resulting in all resources within the impacted component being divulged to the attacker. Alternatively, access to only some restricted information is obtained, but the disclosed information presents a direct, serious impact.
Integrity: High: There is a total loss of integrity, or a complete loss of protection. For example, the attacker is able to modify any/all files protected by the impacted component. Alternatively, only some files can be modified, but malicious modification would present a direct, serious consequence to the impacted component.
Availability: None: There is no impact to availability within the impacted component.

Definitions: FIRST CVSS v3.1 specification.

Exploitation evidence

Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 3 Mar 2025
Detectable: no evidence on record.
No public nuclei template indexed
Weaponized: no evidence on record.
No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB
Exploited in the wildExploited: no evidence on record.
Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation
Observed by OffSeq MirageSeen by Mirage: no evidence on record.
No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors

A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 5 Nov 2026.

Disclosed: The CVE record is public on cve.org. Its publication is t = 0.
Detectable: A public nuclei template can find exposed instances, for defenders and attackers alike.
Weaponized: A Metasploit exploit module or Exploit-DB entry exists (Metasploit scanner modules do not count), or CISA SSVC or the CVSS exploit maturity reports a public proof of concept.
Exploited in the wild: CISA KEV lists it, CISA SSVC rates exploitation active, or a source reports attacks.
Observed by OffSeq Mirage: OffSeq Mirage honeypot sensors recorded attack traffic for this CVE, or found exposed hosts without attack traffic.

Moments are spaced evenly, not to scale; a dashed line marks a gap of six months or more. Deltas count from t = 0. Sources that give only a date (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, or a time of exactly 00:00Z) read “same day” rather than hours. Metasploit modules carry the flaw’s disclosure date, not their release date, and nuclei templates carry no date, so both appear above but not on the timeline.

What to do

Affected software

Product	Affected	Fixed in
automation-gateway	Affected =2.5.0	Fixed in–

AI-suggested

Red Hat has released an official security update for Ansible Automation Platform 2.5 that fixes this vulnerability. Users should upgrade their Ansible Automation Platform 2.5 environments to the latest patched version immediately. Cloud-based Ansible Automation Platform services on Microsoft Azure and AWS have already been patched by Red Hat. No additional mitigation steps are required beyond applying the official update.

Description

CVE-2025-1801 is a concurrency vulnerability in the Ansible automation-gateway version 2.5.0. It arises from improper synchronization in handling concurrent gRPC requests, leading to a race condition. This flaw allows a less privileged user to potentially obtain the JWT token of a more privileged user, risking privilege escalation and exposure of confidential data. Red Hat has issued an important security advisory and released patches for Ansible Automation Platform 2.5 to address this issue.

Impact

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability can lead to privilege escalation where a less privileged or unauthenticated user can obtain the JWT token of a more privileged user. This compromises the confidentiality of user sessions and sensitive data, potentially jeopardizing the security of the server and automation platform environment. The vulnerability does not impact availability but has high confidentiality and integrity impacts.

Summary

The vulnerability CVE-2025-1801 affects the Ansible automation-gateway component in version 2.5.0. It is caused by concurrent execution using a shared resource without proper synchronization, resulting in a race condition in the gateway's gRPC service. This race condition can allow a less privileged or even unauthenticated user to escalate privileges by obtaining the JWT token of a higher privileged user. The flaw is classified under CWE-362 (Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization). Red Hat has released patches for Ansible Automation Platform 2.5 and patched cloud environments on Microsoft Azure and AWS. The CVSS v3.1 base score is 8.1, indicating a high severity impact with network attack vector, low attack complexity, and no user interaction required.

CWE-362Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization (Race Condition) (opens in a new tab)
Class weaknessLikelihood of exploit: MediumOWASP Top 10 A06:2025: Insecure Design (opens in a new tab)
The product contains a concurrent code sequence that requires temporary, exclusive access to a shared resource, but a timing window exists in which the shared resource can be modified by another code sequence operating concurrently.
Architecture and Design
In languages that support it, use synchronization primitives. Only wrap these around critical code to minimize the impact on performance.
Architecture and Design
Use thread-safe capabilities such as the data access abstraction in Spring.
Architecture and Design
Minimize the usage of shared resources in order to remove as much complexity as possible from the control flow and to reduce the likelihood of unexpected conditions occurring.
OWASP Cheat Sheets
Abuse Case (opens in a new tab)
Secure Design Principles (opens in a new tab)
OWASP ASVS 4.0.3
V1.11.2 (opens in a new tab)
Attack patterns
Leveraging Time-of-Check and Time-of-Use (TOCTOU) Race Conditions (opens in a new tab)
Leveraging Race Conditions (opens in a new tab)
From MITRE CWE, MITRE CAPEC and OWASP (Top 10, OpenCRE).

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AI analysisMachine-generated, updated 4 Nov 2026, 23:08 UTC

WeaknessesCWE-362

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