RHBA-2019:0884

Vulnerability from csaf_redhat - Published: 2019-04-25 09:10 - Updated: 2026-02-23 16:21
Summary
Red Hat Bug Fix Advisory: Red Hat Ansible Tower 3.3.5-3 - Container
Severity
Moderate
Notes
Topic: Red Hat Ansible Tower 3.3.5-3 - Container
Details: - Fixed an issue to no longer expose Tower service credentials to playbook runs via environment variables when running in OpenShift (CVE-2019-3869) - Fixed the Notifications tab to properly appear when viewing a Job Template
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CVE-2019-3869

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.

7.2 (High)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE-214 - Invocation of Process Using Visible Sensitive Information
Vendor Fix For information on upgrading Ansible Tower, reference the Ansible Tower Upgrade and Migration Guide: https://docs.ansible.com/ansible-tower/latest/html/upgrade-migration-guide/index.html https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2019:0884
References
Acknowledgments
FactSet Research Systems Inc Chris Bertsch
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