CVE-2025-53861 (GCVE-0-2025-53861)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-07-11 12:44 – Updated: 2025-11-21 07:36
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Summary
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.
Severity ?
3.1 (Low)
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
CWE
  • CWE-319 - Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information
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Red Hat Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2     cpe:/a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform:2
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