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TI-2025-31538 Aliases CVE-2025-49520GHSA-wxwr-926x-hcq6

Event-driven-ansible: authenticated argument injection in git url in eda project creation

Priority MEDIUM 41CWE-88Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Code execution
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · High
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-88.

Summary

A flaw was found in Ansible Automation Platform’s EDA component where user-supplied Git URLs are passed unsanitized to the git ls-remote command. This vulnerability allows an authenticated attacker to inject arguments and execute arbitrary commands on the EDA worker. In Kubernetes/OpenShift environments, this can lead to service account token theft and cluster access.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00624 50th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed Red Hat: 1 advisory

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
Automatable
No
Technical impact
Total

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
Red HatRed Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.5 for RHEL 8—1.1.11-1.el8apPatch availableCNA
Red HatRed Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.5 for RHEL 9—1.1.11-1.el9apPatch availableCNA
  • Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.5 for RHEL 8 VendorRed Hat Affected — Fixed in 1.1.11-1.el8ap Patch available CNA
  • Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.5 for RHEL 9 VendorRed Hat Affected — Fixed in 1.1.11-1.el9ap Patch available CNA

CPE names CNA · 6

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:/a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform:2.5::el82.5—Red Hat
cpe:/a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform:2.5::el92.5—Red Hat
cpe:/a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform_developer:2.5::el82.5—Red Hat
cpe:/a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform_developer:2.5::el92.5—Red Hat
cpe:/a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform_inside:2.5::el82.5—Red Hat
cpe:/a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform_inside:2.5::el92.5—Red Hat
  • cpe:/a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform:2.5::el8 Versions 2.5 — ·Red Hat
  • cpe:/a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform:2.5::el9 Versions 2.5 — ·Red Hat
  • cpe:/a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform_developer:2.5::el8 Versions 2.5 — ·Red Hat
  • cpe:/a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform_developer:2.5::el9 Versions 2.5 — ·Red Hat
  • cpe:/a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform_inside:2.5::el8 Versions 2.5 — ·Red Hat
  • cpe:/a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform_inside:2.5::el9 Versions 2.5 — ·Red Hat

Remediation

Red Hat 1 advisory

  • RHSA-2025:9986 Released 2025-06-30 · Red Hat rating Important
    Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.5 Product Security and Bug Fix Update
    • Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.5 for RHEL 8 automation-eda-controller-1.1.11-1.el8ap, automation-eda-controller-base-1.1.11-1.el8ap, automation-eda-controller-base-services-1.1.11-1.el8ap +6
    • Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.5 for RHEL 9 automation-eda-controller-1.1.11-1.el9ap, automation-eda-controller-base-1.1.11-1.el9ap, automation-eda-controller-base-services-1.1.11-1.el9ap +8

Fixed in the same release

Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.

  • Advisory ·

    Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.5 for RHEL 8, Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.5 for RHEL 9 — RHSA-2025:9986

    2 records Highest priority Priority MEDIUM 2 MEDIUM

    Other records, highest priority first

    • TI-2025-31539 Event-driven-ansible: template injection via git branch and refspec in eda projectsPriority MEDIUM 41
    Show all 2 records → Advisory →

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Important. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.5 for RHEL 8Fixed RHSA-2025:9986
Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.5 for RHEL 9Fixed RHSA-2025:9986
Not affected: 2 products
  • Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.5 for RHEL 8
  • Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.5 for RHEL 9

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-49520
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-wxwr-926x-hcq6
  3. 2026-11-04 EPSS moved to the 50th–90th percentile

References

Advisory 1

Other 2

  • TI-2019-15875 Protection mechanism failure in Jenkins Pipeline: Groovy Plugin KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.9
  • TI-2019-15874 Protection mechanism failure in Jenkins Script Security Plugin KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.9
  • TI-2019-08259 Underflow in PHP-FPM can lead to RCE KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2019-05363 Code injection in Elastic Kibana KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
  • TI-2019-03949 Out-of-bounds write in ESXi and Horizon DaaS KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2018-16080 A code execution vulnerability exists in the Stapler web framework used by Jenkins 2.153… KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
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Sources

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