CVE-2025-2877

Event-driven-ansible: exposure inventory passwords in plain text when starting a rulebook activation with verbosity set to debug in eda

6.5 MediumFix available

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.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector: Network
Complexity: Low
Privileges needed: Low
User interaction: None

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality: High
Integrity: None
Availability: None

Exploit likelihood

0.42%Up 0.4 points since Mar 29, 2025

What each source reports

CVE List Score used 6.5

Event-driven-ansible: exposure inventory passwords in plain text when starting a rulebook activation with verbosity set to debug in eda

Record: CVE-2025-2877
CVSS 3.1: 6.5 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Weakness: CWE-1295
Updated: 2026-11-02

EUVDEUVD-2025-8615 6.5

Record: EUVD-2025-8615
CVSS 3.1: 6.5 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Updated: 2026-11-02

GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-wfxf-3935-5jgv 6.5

A flaw was found in the Ansible Automation Platform's Event-Driven Ansible. In configurations...

Record: GHSA-wfxf-3935-5jgv
CVSS 3.1: 6.5 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Weakness: CWE-1295
Updated: 2026-11-02

NVD 6.5

Record: CVE-2025-2877
CVSS 3.1: 6.5 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Weakness: CWE-1295
Updated: 2026-11-02

OSV 6.5

Event-driven-ansible: exposure inventory passwords in plain text when starting a rulebook activation with verbosity set to debug in eda

Record: CVE-2025-2877
CVSS 3.1: 6.5 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Weakness: CWE-1295
Updated: 2026-11-02

OSVRHSA-2025:3636 6.5

Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.4 Product Security and Bug Fix Update

Record: RHSA-2025:3636
CVSS 3.1: 6.5 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Updated: 2026-11-02

OSVRHSA-2025:3637 6.5

Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.5 Product Security and Bug Fix Update

Record: RHSA-2025:3637
CVSS 3.1: 6.5 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Updated: 2026-11-02

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
Package	Affected	Fixed
`ansible-rulebook` Red Hat:ansible_automation_platform:2.4::el8	before 0:1.0.8-2.el8ap	0:1.0.8-2.el8ap
`ansible-rulebook` Red Hat:ansible_automation_platform:2.4::el9	before 0:1.0.8-2.el9ap	0:1.0.8-2.el9ap
`ansible-rulebook` Red Hat:ansible_automation_platform:2.5::el8	before 0:1.1.4-2.el8ap	0:1.1.4-2.el8ap
`ansible-rulebook` Red Hat:ansible_automation_platform:2.5::el9	before 0:1.1.4-2.el9ap	0:1.1.4-2.el9ap

History

History
Recorded	Changed	Sources
Nov 2, 2026	first indexed	CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2025-2877 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.5) in Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.4 For Rhel 8, published March 28, 2025. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.42%, the 36th percentile. Fixed in ansible-rulebook 0:1.0.8-2.el8ap.

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