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CVE-2018-16879

HIGH
Published 2019-01-03T14:00:00
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CVSS Score

V3.0
7.3
/10
CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
Base Score Metrics
Exploitability: N/A Impact: N/A

EPSS Score

v2025.03.14
0.002
probability
of exploitation in the wild

There is a 0.2% chance that this vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days.

Updated: 2025-06-25
Exploit Probability
Percentile: 0.457
Higher than 45.7% of all CVEs

Attack Vector Metrics

Attack Vector
ADJACENT_NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED

Impact Metrics

Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH

Description

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 passwords as well as denial of service attacks by deleting projects or inventory files.

Available Exploits

No exploits available for this CVE.

Related News

No news articles found for this CVE.

Affected Products

[UNKNOWN]

Tower

Affected Versions:

3.3.3

GitHub Security Advisories

Community-driven vulnerability intelligence from GitHub

⚠ Unreviewed CRITICAL

GHSA-xw9p-c763-93fq

Advisory Details

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 passwords as well as denial of service attacks by deleting projects or inventory files.

CVSS Scoring

CVSS Score

9.0

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

ADVISORY https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-16879
WEB https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-16879
WEB http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106310

Advisory provided by GitHub Security Advisory Database. Published: May 13, 2022, Modified: May 13, 2022

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106310
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-16879
Published: 2019-01-03T14:00:00
Last Modified: 2024-08-05T10:32:54.171Z
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