CVE-2018-1101
Ansible Tower before version 3.2.4 has a flaw in the management of system and organization administrators that allows for privilege escalation.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.98%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Ansible Tower before version 3.2.4 has a flaw in the management of system and organization administrators that allows for privilege escalation. System administrators that are members of organizations can have their passwords reset by organization administrators, allowing organization administrators access to the entire system.
- CVSS 3.0
- 7.2 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 1.98% probability · 79th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-266, CWE-521
- Affected
- redhat/ansible tower · redhat/cloudforms
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
References
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1328Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1972Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2018-1101Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1563492Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.ansible.com/securityVendor Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1328Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1972Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2018-1101Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1563492Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.ansible.com/securityVendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.