What is CVE-2018-16879?

CVE-2018-16879 is a critical-severity vulnerability in [Unknown] Tower, classified under Missing Encryption of Sensitive Data. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2019-01-03.

How severe is CVE-2018-16879?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Vulnerability in [Unknown] Tower

CVE-2018-16879

Ansible Tower before version 3.3.3 does not set a secure channel as it is using the default insecure configuration channel settings for messaging celery workers from RabbitMQ. This could lead in data leak of sensitive information such as p…

EPSS: 0.011 (61.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

[Unknown] Tower — versions 3.3.3
Redhat Ansible_tower

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-311 — Missing Encryption of Sensitive Data

References

secalert@redhat.com (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, Broken Link, x_refsource_BID)
secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-16879?: CVE-2018-16879 is a critical-severity vulnerability in [Unknown] Tower, classified under Missing Encryption of Sensitive Data. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2019-01-03.
How severe is CVE-2018-16879?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.