CVE-2025-5988

Aap-gateway: csrf origin checking is disabled

5.3 Medium

A flaw was found in the Ansible aap-gateway. Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) origin checking is not done on requests from the gateway to external components, such as the controller, hub, and eda.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

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

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality: High
Integrity: None
Availability: None

Exploit likelihood

0.29%Up 0.3 points since Aug 5, 2025

What each source reports

CVE List Score used 5.3

Aap-gateway: csrf origin checking is disabled

A flaw was found in the Ansible aap-gateway. Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) origin checking is not done on requests from the gateway to external components, such as the controller, hub, and eda.

Record: CVE-2025-5988
CVSS 3.1: 5.3 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Weakness: CWE-352
Updated: 2026-11-05

EUVDEUVD-2025-23518 5.3

A flaw was found in the Ansible aap-gateway. Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) origin checking is not done on requests from the gateway to external components, such as the controller, hub, and eda.

Record: EUVD-2025-23518
CVSS 3.1: 5.3 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Updated: 2026-11-05

GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-w8g9-rc94-7pq8 5.3

A flaw was found in the Ansible aap-gateway. Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) origin checking is...

A flaw was found in the Ansible aap-gateway. Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) origin checking is not done on requests from the gateway to external components, such as the controller, hub, and eda.

Record: GHSA-w8g9-rc94-7pq8
CVSS 3.1: 5.3 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Weakness: CWE-352
Updated: 2026-11-02

NVD 5.3

A flaw was found in the Ansible aap-gateway. Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) origin checking is not done on requests from the gateway to external components, such as the controller, hub, and eda.

Record: CVE-2025-5988
CVSS 3.1: 5.3 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Weakness: CWE-352
Updated: 2026-11-05

OSVRHSA-2025:12772 5.3

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

Record: RHSA-2025:12772
CVSS 3.1: 5.3 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/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
`automation-gateway-server` Red Hat:ansible_automation_platform:2.5::el8 From an advisory covering 2 CVEs	before 0:2.5.20250730-2.el8ap	0:2.5.20250730-2.el8ap
`automation-gateway-server` Red Hat:ansible_automation_platform:2.5::el9 From an advisory covering 2 CVEs	before 0:2.5.20250730-2.el9ap	0:2.5.20250730-2.el9ap
`python3.11-django-ansible-base` Red Hat:ansible_automation_platform:2.5::el8 From an advisory covering 2 CVEs	before 0:2.5.20250730-1.el8ap	0:2.5.20250730-1.el8ap
`python3.11-django-ansible-base` Red Hat:ansible_automation_platform:2.5::el9 From an advisory covering 2 CVEs	before 0:2.5.20250730-1.el9ap	0:2.5.20250730-1.el9ap

History

History
Recorded	Changed	Sources
Nov 6, 2026	affected, facts	EUVD, NVD
Nov 5, 2026	facts	CVE List
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-2025-5988 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.3) in Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.5 For Rhel 8, published August 4, 2025. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.29%, the 21st percentile. No source names a fixed version.

References

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