CVE-2018-1104

ansible-tower: Remote code execution by users with access to define variables in job templates

Severity Score

8.8

*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

Ansible Tower through version 3.2.3 has a vulnerability that allows users only with access to define variables for a job template to execute arbitrary code on the Tower server.

Ansible Tower hasta la versión 3.2.3 tiene una vulnerabilidad que permite que usuarios que solo tienen acceso para definir variables para una plantilla de trabajo ejecuten código arbitrario en el servidor Tower.

Red Hat CloudForms Management Engine delivers the insight, control, and automation needed to address the challenges of managing virtual environments. CloudForms Management Engine is built on Ruby on Rails, a model-view-controller framework for web application development. Action Pack implements the controller and the view components. Issues addressed include backup related, bypass, and code execution vulnerabilities.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

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
2024-09-16 CVE Updated
2025-04-02 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-20: Improper Input Validation
CWE-94: Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')

CAPEC

References (6)

URL	Tag	Source

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://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2018-1104	2019-10-09
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1565862	2018-06-25
https://www.ansible.com/security	2019-10-09
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-1104	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"				<= 3.2.3 Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Ansible Tower" and version " <= 3.2.3"		-		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