CVE-2018-16879 HIGH

CVE-2018-16879

Vendor [Unknown]
Product Tower
Weakness CWE-311 · Missing encryption
Published January 3, 2019
Last update August 5, 2024

CVSS base score

7.3/10
Attack vector Adjacent
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Confidentiality None
Integrity High

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

What the vulnerability does

01Description

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.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

January 3, 2019 CVE published
August 5, 2024 Record updated