Privilege escalation in Red Hat, Inc. Ansible Tower
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. System administrators that are members of organizations can have their passwords reset by organization administrators, allowing organization administrators access to the entire system.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.2 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.020 (79.7th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 80th percentile — 79.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.020 · newest: 0.020 · change: -0.000
Affected products
- Red Hat, Inc. Ansible Tower — versions before 3.2.4
- Red Hat Ansible Tower
- Red Hat Cloudforms — versions 4.5, 4.6
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- www.ansible.com/security (Vendor Advisory)
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi (Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1972 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2018-1101 (Third Party Advisory)
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1328 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2018-1101?
- CVE-2018-1101 is a high-severity vulnerability in Red Hat, Inc. Ansible Tower, classified under Incorrect Privilege Assignment. CVSS score: 7.2/10. Published 2018-05-02.
- How severe is CVE-2018-1101?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.2 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2018-1101 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.