CVE-2025-53861

Aap: sensitive cookie(s) set without security flags

Severity Score

3.1

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

Track

*SSVC

Descriptions

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.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Adjacent

Attack Complexity

High

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

None

Availability

None

Attack Vector

Adjacent

Attack Complexity

High

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Partial

Integrity

None

Availability

None

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:Track

Exploitation

None

Automatable

Tech. Impact

Partial

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2025-07-10 CVE Reserved
2025-07-11 CVE Published
2025-07-11 CVE Updated
2025-07-17 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-319: Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information

CAPEC

References (2)

URL	Tag	Source
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-53861	Vdb Entry
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2379360	Issue Tracking

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URL	Date	SRC

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Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Redhat Search vendor "Redhat"		Ansible Automation Platform Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Ansible Automation Platform"				*		-		Affected