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CVE-2025-53862: Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2 · Exposure of Sensitive System Information to an Unauthorized Control Sphere

Affects Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2Source CVE Database V5

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Not known to be exploited · CVSS 3.5 Low.

Data as of 26 Oct 2026, 14:05 UTC

CVSS 3.1 base score
3.5Low
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.
EPSS
0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 10% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 11 Jul 2025

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponised: no evidence on record.

    No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB

  4. Exploited in the wild: no evidence on record.

    Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation

  5. Observed by OffSeq 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 26 Oct 2026.

What to do

AI-suggested

To mitigate CVE-2025-53862, organizations should implement strict network segmentation to limit access to the Ansible Automation Platform APIs only to trusted and authenticated users. Employing firewall rules or access control lists (ACLs) to restrict API endpoint exposure to internal management networks reduces attack surface. Monitoring and logging API access can help detect unauthorized attempts to query these endpoints. Although no patches are currently available, organizations should prioritize applying any forthcoming updates from Red Hat promptly. Additionally, reviewing and hardening API authentication and authorization mechanisms, including disabling or restricting verbose responses where possible, will further reduce risk. Conducting regular security assessments and penetration tests focusing on API exposure is recommended to identify similar issues proactively.

Description

A flaw was found in Ansible. Three API endpoints are accessible and return verbose, unauthenticated responses. This flaw allows a malicious user to access data that may contain important information.

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