Critical severity · published Jan 3, 2019
CVE-2018-16879
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
9.8
CVSS
1.1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.1% · higher than 66% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
AT
Ansible Tower · Redhat
before 3.3.3 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-16879
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-16879
Broken Link
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106310
Issue Tracking
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-16879
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