CVE-2018-1101

ansible-tower: Privilege escalation flaw allows for organization admins to obtain system privileges

Severity Score

7.2

*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

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.

Ansible Tower en versiones anteriores a la 3.2.4 tiene un error en la gestión de administradores de sistema y organización que permite el escalado de privilegios. Los administradores de organización pueden restablecer la contraseña de los administradores de sistema que son miembros de organizaciones, lo que permite que los administradores de organización accedan a todo el sistema.

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.

*Credits: N/A

CVSS Scores

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

High

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

High

Privileges Required

High

User Interaction

None

Scope

Changed

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

Single

Confidentiality

Partial

Integrity

Partial

Availability

Partial

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2017-12-04 CVE Reserved
2018-05-02 CVE Published
2023-09-23 EPSS Updated
2024-09-17 CVE Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-266: Incorrect Privilege Assignment
CWE-521: Weak Password Requirements

CAPEC

References (6)

URL	Tag	Source
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2018-1101	Third Party Advisory

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1328	2019-10-09
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1972	2019-10-09
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1563492	2018-06-25
https://www.ansible.com/security	2019-10-09
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-1101	2018-06-25

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Redhat Search vendor "Redhat"		Ansible Tower Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Ansible Tower"				< 3.2.4 Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Ansible Tower" and version " < 3.2.4"		-		Affected
Redhat Search vendor "Redhat"		Cloudforms Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Cloudforms"				4.5 Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Cloudforms" and version "4.5"		-		Affected
Redhat Search vendor "Redhat"		Cloudforms Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Cloudforms"				4.6 Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Cloudforms" and version "4.6"		-		Affected