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Aap-gateway: improper path validation in gateway allows credential exfiltration

Published Feb 27, 2026

Description

A flaw was found in the Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform Gateway route creation component. This vulnerability allows credential theft via the creation of misleading routes using a double-slash (//) prefix in the gateway_path. A malicious or socially engineered administrator can configure a honey-pot route to intercept and exfiltrate user credentials, potentially maintaining persistent access or creating a backdoor even after their permissions are revoked.

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Vendor solution

Mitigation for this issue is either not available or the currently available options do not meet the Red Hat Product Security criteria comprising ease of use and deployment, applicability to widespread installation base or stability.

Red Hat statement

This issue is classified as Moderate because exploitation requires the attacker to have administrative access (or successfully social engineer a legitimate admin). A malicious or tricked admin can create a deceptive route with a double-slash path that captures user credentials in cleartext, potentially allowing persistent backdoor access even after the admin’s permissions are revoked. The gateway does not normalize or validate these paths, meaning normal users cannot detect the attack through ordinary API use. Although an attacker cannot exploit this without access to route creation, the combination of privileged requirements and complete credential exposure makes this a moderate severity risk in any environment where multiple users rely on gateway authentication.

Red Hat mitigation

Mitigation for this issue is either not available or the currently available options do not meet the Red Hat Product Security criteria comprising ease of use and deployment, applicability to widespread installation base or stability.

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Weaknesses (1)

CWE-647

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Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner redhat
Published Feb 27, 2026
Updated Feb 27, 2026
Reserved Sep 3, 2025
Link CVE-2025-9909
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated Feb 27, 2026
NVD
Status Analyzed
Modified Jun 17, 2026
Link CVE-2025-9909
Red Hat
Severity Moderate
Public date Sep 17, 2025
Links CVE-2025-9909 - Bugzilla