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Vulnerability record · CVE-2025-53861 · published 11 July 2025

CVE-2025-53861: Redhat ansible automation platform cleartext transmission vulnerability

Redhat · Ansible Automation Platform

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.

3.1 CVSS 3.1 Low EPSS 0.11% · top 99.0% CWE-319 · Cleartext transmission
3.1CVSS 3.1 base score
0.11%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
2References
17 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

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.

CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-53861 Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2379360 Issue Tracking

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2025-53861), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-10-04). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.