What is CVE-2022-2568?

CVE-2022-2568 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Redhat Ansible_automation_platform, classified under Improper Privilege Management. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2022-08-18.

How severe is CVE-2022-2568?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Privilege escalation in Redhat Ansible_automation_platform

CVE-2022-2568

A privilege escalation flaw was found in the Ansible Automation Platform. This flaw allows a remote authenticated user with 'change user' permissions to modify the account settings of the superuser account and also remove the superuser pri…

Vulnerability class: Privilege Escalation

EPSS: 0.008 (51.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N.

Affected products

Redhat Ansible_automation_platform — versions 2.1, 2.2, 2.0
Redhat Enterprise_linux — versions 8.0, 9.0
N/a Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform — versions 2.2

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-269 — Improper Privilege Management

References

secalert@redhat.com (Exploit, x_refsource_MISC, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-2568?: CVE-2022-2568 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Redhat Ansible_automation_platform, classified under Improper Privilege Management. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2022-08-18.
How severe is CVE-2022-2568?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.