Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in Ansible Automation Platform - CVE-2025-14025
Published: January 10, 2026
Vulnerability identifier: #VU121144
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 5.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2025-14025
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote user to bypass implemented security restrictions.
The vulnerability exists due to improperly imposed read-only permissions on aap-gateway. A remote user with an admin account and personal read-only access token (PAT) can still perform write operations on the Controller component.
Affected software
Ansible Automation Platform
automation-gateway (Red Hat package)
automation-gateway (Red Hat package)
How to mitigate CVE-2025-14025
Install updates from vendor's website.
Ansible Automation Platform - addressed in versions 2.5, 2.6
automation-gateway (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 2.5.20260106-1.el8ap, 2.5.20260106-1.el9ap, 2.6.20260106-1.el9ap
automation-gateway (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 2.5.20260106-1.el8ap, 2.5.20260106-1.el9ap, 2.6.20260106-1.el9ap