Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform missing secure attribute

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform. It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality. The manipulation leads to missing secure attribute. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2025-53861. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. No exploit is available. The suggested workaround should be applied.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform (version unknown) and classified as problematic. This issue affects an unknown function. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a missing secure attribute vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-614. The Secure attribute for sensitive cookies in HTTPS sessions is not set, which could cause the user agent to send those cookies in plaintext over an HTTP session. Impacted is confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

A flaw was found in Ansible. Sensitive cookies without security flags over non-encrypted channels can lead to Man-in-the-Middle (MitM) and Cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks allowing attackers to read transmitted data.

The advisory is shared at bugzilla.redhat.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2025-53861. The exploitation is known to be difficult. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 08/12/2025). MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1539 for this issue.

The best possible mitigation is suggested to be Workaround.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2025-21136). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 3.4
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 3.4

VulDB Base Score: 3.7
VulDB Temp Score: 3.6
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Missing secure attribute
CWE: CWE-614 / CWE-1004 / CWE-732
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Workaround
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Timelineinfo

07/11/2025 Advisory disclosed
07/11/2025 +0 days VulDB entry created
08/12/2025 +31 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: redhat.com

Advisory: bugzilla.redhat.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2025-53861 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-53861
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-316085
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Entryinfo

Created: 07/11/2025 07:10
Updated: 08/12/2025 01:51
Changes: 07/11/2025 07:10 (50), 07/11/2025 16:06 (1), 08/12/2025 01:51 (13)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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