Low severity · published Jul 11, 2025
CVE-2025-53861
Aap: sensitive cookie(s) set without security flags
3.1
CVSS
0.1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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 vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Attack vector
Adjacent
Complexity
High
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.1% · higher than 1% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
RH
Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2 · Red Hat
All versions, or not specified · source: vendor
AA
Ansible Automation Platform · Redhat
2.0 · source: NVD
Affected product
RH
Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2
Red Hat
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-53861
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-53861
Vendor Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-53861
Issue Tracking
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2379360
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