CVE-2025-7738 (GCVE-0-2025-7738)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2025-07-31 14:12
Modified
2025-08-04 21:21
Severity ?
4.4 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CWE
  • CWE-312 - Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information
Summary
A flaw was found in Ansible Automation Platform (AAP) where the Gateway API returns the client secret for certain GitHub Enterprise authenticators in clear text. This vulnerability affects administrators or auditors accessing authenticator configurations. While access is limited to privileged users, the clear text exposure of sensitive credentials increases the risk of accidental leaks or misuse.
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Red Hat Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.5 for RHEL 8 Unaffected: 0:2.5.20250730-1.el8ap   < *
    cpe:/a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform_developer:2.5::el9
    cpe:/a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform_developer:2.5::el8
    cpe:/a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform:2.5::el8
    cpe:/a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform:2.5::el9
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   Red Hat Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.5 for RHEL 9 Unaffected: 0:2.5.20250730-1.el9ap   < *
    cpe:/a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform_developer:2.5::el9
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    cpe:/a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform:2.5::el8
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