📄 Description (English)
A flaw was found in the Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform, Event-Driven Ansible (EDA) Event Streams. This vulnerability allows an authenticated user to gain access to sensitive internal infrastructure headers (such as X-Trusted-Proxy and X-Envoy-*) and event stream URLs via crafted requests and job templates. By exfiltrating these headers, an attacker could spoof trusted requests, escalate privileges, or perform malicious event injection.
🤖 AI Executive Summary
CVE-2025-9908 is a medium-severity information disclosure vulnerability in Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform's Event-Driven Ansible (EDA) that allows authenticated users to extract sensitive infrastructure headers and event stream URLs through crafted requests. Attackers could leverage exfiltrated headers to spoof trusted requests, escalate privileges, or inject malicious events into automation workflows. While no exploit is currently available and patching guidance is pending, organizations using EDA in production environments should implement immediate compensating controls.
📄 Description (Arabic)
🤖 AI Intelligence Analysis Analyzed: May 10, 2026 17:17
🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia Impact Assessment
Saudi organizations leveraging Ansible Automation Platform for infrastructure orchestration face significant risk, particularly in: (1) Banking/SAMA-regulated entities using EDA for payment processing automation and compliance workflows; (2) Government agencies (NCA, CITC) utilizing Ansible for critical infrastructure management; (3) Energy sector (ARAMCO, SEC) relying on EDA for operational technology automation; (4) Telecom operators (STC, Mobily, Zain) using Ansible for network orchestration. The vulnerability's ability to exfiltrate infrastructure headers and spoof trusted requests poses direct threats to privilege escalation and unauthorized event injection in mission-critical automation pipelines.
🏢 Affected Saudi Sectors
Banking and Financial Services (SAMA-regulated)
Government and Public Administration (NCA, CITC)
Energy and Utilities (ARAMCO, SEC)
Telecommunications (STC, Mobily, Zain)
Healthcare (MOH, private hospitals)
Critical Infrastructure
🎯 MITRE ATT&CK Techniques
T1087 - Account Discovery: Enumerate infrastructure headers and event stream endpoints
T1110 - Brute Force: Craft requests to extract sensitive headers
T1040 - Network Sniffing: Capture exfiltrated infrastructure headers
T1134 - Access Token Manipulation: Spoof trusted requests using extracted headers
T1548 - Abuse Elevation Control Mechanism: Escalate privileges via header spoofing
T1657 - Event Triggered Execution: Inject malicious events into automation workflows
T1526 - Cloud Service Discovery: Enumerate infrastructure details via header extraction
⚖️ Saudi Risk Score (AI)
7.2
/ 10.0
🔧 Remediation Steps (English)
Immediate Actions:
1. Audit all Ansible Automation Platform instances to identify EDA deployments and document current user access levels
2. Review authentication logs for suspicious crafted requests targeting event streams or infrastructure endpoints
3. Implement network segmentation to restrict EDA access to authorized personnel only
4. Enable detailed logging for all EDA API requests and responses, focusing on header manipulation attempts
Compensating Controls (until patch available):
5. Restrict EDA access to trusted networks using firewall rules and VPN requirements
6. Implement API gateway WAF rules to detect and block requests attempting to extract X-Trusted-Proxy, X-Envoy-*, or event stream URL parameters
7. Enforce multi-factor authentication (MFA) for all Ansible Automation Platform administrative accounts
8. Disable or restrict event stream URL exposure in job templates; use environment variables instead
9. Implement role-based access control (RBAC) to limit authenticated user permissions to minimum necessary scope
10. Monitor for privilege escalation attempts and unauthorized event injections in automation logs
Detection Rules:
- Alert on requests containing X-Trusted-Proxy or X-Envoy-* headers in response bodies
- Flag attempts to access /api/v1/event-streams or similar endpoints with unusual parameters
- Monitor for rapid successive API calls from single authenticated user targeting infrastructure endpoints
- Track changes to job templates that reference sensitive headers or event stream URLs
🔧 خطوات المعالجة (العربية)
الإجراءات الفورية:
1. تدقيق جميع مثيلات منصة Ansible Automation Platform لتحديد نشرات EDA وتوثيق مستويات الوصول الحالية للمستخدمين
2. مراجعة سجلات المصادقة للطلبات المريبة الموجهة نحو تدفقات الأحداث أو نقاط نهاية البنية التحتية
3. تنفيذ تقسيم الشبكة لتقييد وصول EDA للموظفين المصرحين فقط
4. تفعيل السجلات التفصيلية لجميع طلبات وردود API الخاصة بـ EDA، مع التركيز على محاولات التلاعب برؤوس الطلبات
الضوابط التعويضية (حتى توفر التصحيح):
5. تقييد وصول EDA إلى الشبكات الموثوقة باستخدام قواعد جدار الحماية ومتطلبات VPN
6. تنفيذ قواعد WAF لبوابة API لكشف وحجب الطلبات التي تحاول استخراج معاملات X-Trusted-Proxy أو X-Envoy-* أو عناوين URL لتدفقات الأحداث
7. فرض المصادقة متعددة العوامل (MFA) لجميع حسابات إدارة منصة Ansible Automation Platform
8. تعطيل أو تقييد كشف عناوين URL لتدفقات الأحداث في قوالب المهام؛ استخدام متغيرات البيئة بدلاً من ذلك
9. تنفيذ التحكم في الوصول القائم على الأدوار (RBAC) لتحديد أذونات المستخدم المصرح إلى الحد الأدنى الضروري
10. مراقبة محاولات تصعيد الامتيازات والحقن غير المصرح به للأحداث في سجلات الأتمتة
قواعد الكشف:
- تنبيهات على الطلبات التي تحتوي على رؤوس X-Trusted-Proxy أو X-Envoy-* في أجسام الردود
- وضع علامة على محاولات الوصول إلى /api/v1/event-streams أو نقاط نهاية مماثلة بمعاملات غير عادية
- مراقبة استدعاءات API المتتالية السريعة من مستخدم مصرح واحد يستهدف نقاط نهاية البنية التحتية
- تتبع التغييرات في قوالب المهام التي تشير إلى رؤوس حساسة أو عناوين URL لتدفقات الأحداث
📋 Regulatory Compliance Mapping
🟢 NCA ECC 2024
ECC 2024 A.5.1.1 - Access Control: Restrict access to sensitive infrastructure headers and event streams
ECC 2024 A.6.1.2 - Cryptography: Protect header transmission and event stream URLs
ECC 2024 A.7.1.1 - Physical and Environmental Security: Monitor API access logs for unauthorized header extraction
ECC 2024 A.8.1.1 - Operations Security: Implement compensating controls for privilege escalation prevention
🔵 SAMA CSF
SAMA CSF Governance Domain: Ensure Ansible Automation Platform governance and risk management
SAMA CSF Protective Domain: Implement access controls and authentication mechanisms for EDA
SAMA CSF Detective Domain: Monitor and detect suspicious API requests targeting infrastructure headers
SAMA CSF Responsive Domain: Establish incident response procedures for header exfiltration attempts
🟡 ISO 27001:2022
ISO 27001:2022 A.5.2 - User Access Management: Enforce RBAC and MFA for Ansible platform access
ISO 27001:2022 A.5.3 - Access Control: Implement network segmentation and API gateway controls
ISO 27001:2022 A.8.1 - Audit and Accountability: Enable detailed logging of EDA API requests
ISO 27001:2022 A.8.2 - Information Security Monitoring: Detect and alert on header extraction attempts
🟣 PCI DSS v4.0.1
PCI DSS 3.2.1 - Access Control: Restrict access to cardholder data environment automation
PCI DSS 7.1 - Least Privilege: Limit EDA user permissions to minimum necessary scope
PCI DSS 10.2 - Logging: Maintain detailed logs of all EDA API access and modifications
🔗 References & Sources 6
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https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:19201
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https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:19221
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https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:23069
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https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:23131
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https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-9908
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https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2392835
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