Description
A flaw was found in the Ansible Automation Platform's Event-Driven Ansible. In configurations where verbosity is set to "debug", inventory passwords are exposed in plain text when starting a rulebook activation. This issue exists for any "debug" action in a rulebook and also affects Event Streams.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| — | ansible-rulebook | < 1.1.6 | 1.1.6 |
| Red Hat | Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.4 for RHEL 8 | — | — |
| Red Hat | Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.4 for RHEL 9 | — | — |
| Red Hat | Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.5 for RHEL 8 | — | — |
| Red Hat | Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.5 for RHEL 9 | — | — |
Fixed in Linux distributions
Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.
Red Hat
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2 | ansible-rulebook | 1.0.8-2.el8ap | RHSA-2025:3637, RHSA-2025:3636 |
Advisories 3
- RHSA-2025:3637 Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.5 Product Security and Bug Fix Update Red Hat Security Advisories (RHSA) · Jun 29, 2026
- RHSA-2025:3636 Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.4 Product Security and Bug Fix Update Red Hat Security Advisories (RHSA) · Jun 28, 2026
- WID-SEC-2025-0724 Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform: Schwachstelle ermöglicht Offenlegung von Informationen BSI CERT-Bund (WID) · Apr 7, 2025
References
- RHSA-2025:3636 vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2025:3637 vendor-advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-2877 vdb-entry
- RHBZ#2355540 issue-tracking
- https://github.com/ansible/ansible-rulebook/pull/767