Vulnerability · Published Jun 30, 2025 · Assigned by redhat

CVE-2025-49520Event-driven-ansible: authenticated argument injection in git url in eda project creation

High 8.8

In plain English

A high-severity argument injection in Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.5 for RHEL 8 from Red Hat. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.6% (higher than 50% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)8.8High

Exploit odds (30 days)0.6%top 49.9% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

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.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
Red Hat	Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.5 for RHEL 8	see references
Red Hat	Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.5 for RHEL 9	see references

Weakness: CWE-88 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

RHSA-2025:9986 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-49520 vdb-entry, x_refsource_REDHAT
RHBZ#2370812 issue-tracking, x_refsource_REDHAT