CVE-2019-3869

Tower: credentials leaked through environment variables

Severity Score

7.2

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

When running Tower before 3.4.3 on OpenShift or Kubernetes, application credentials are exposed to playbook job runs via environment variables. A malicious user with the ability to write playbooks could use this to gain administrative privileges.

Al ejecutar Tower, en versiones anteriores a la 3.4.3 en OpenShift o Kubernetes, las credenciales de aplicación se exponen a ejecuciones "playbook job" mediante variables de entorno. Un usuario malicioso capacitado para escribir playbooks podría utilizar esto para ganar privilegios de administrador.

When running Tower on OpenShift or Kubernetes, application credentials are exposed to playbook job runs via environment variables. A malicious user with the ability to write playbooks could use this to gain administrative privileges.

*Credits: N/A

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

Low

Authentication

Single

Confidentiality

Partial

Integrity

None

Availability

None

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2019-01-03 CVE Reserved
2019-03-28 CVE Published
2023-03-08 EPSS Updated
2024-08-04 CVE Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-200: Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
CWE-214: Invocation of Process Using Visible Sensitive Information

CAPEC

References (4)

URL	Tag	Source

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-3869	2020-05-21
https://github.com/ansible/awx/pull/3505	2020-05-21

URL	Date	SRC
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-3869	2019-04-23
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1688508	2019-04-23

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"				< 3.3.5 Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Ansible Tower" and version " < 3.3.5"		-		Affected
Redhat Search vendor "Redhat"		Ansible Tower Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Ansible Tower"				>= 3.4.0 < 3.4.3 Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Ansible Tower" and version " >= 3.4.0 < 3.4.3"		-		Affected