AAP: Clear Text Client Secret Exposure in Gateway API
CVE-2025-7738 Published on July 31, 2025
Python3.11-django-ansible-base: sensitive authenticator secrets returned in clear text via api in aap
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.
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2025-7738 is exploitable with network access, and requires user privileges. This vulnerability is consided to have a high level of attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to have a high impact on confidentiality, with no impact on integrity and availability.
Timeline
Reported to Red Hat.
Made public.
Weakness Type
Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information
The application stores sensitive information in cleartext within a resource that might be accessible to another control sphere. Because the information is stored in cleartext, attackers could potentially read it. Even if the information is encoded in a way that is not human-readable, certain techniques could determine which encoding is being used, then decode the information.
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Affected Versions
django-ansible-base:- Before 2025.7.22 is affected.
- Version 0:2.5.20250730-1.el8ap and below * is unaffected.
- Version 0:2.5.20250730-1.el9ap and below * is unaffected.
Exploit Probability
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