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CVE-2018-1101: red hat, inc. ansible tower Incorrect Privilege Assignment

CVSS: 7.2v3.0HighModified
Published 02-05-2018Last modified 17-09-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2018-1101 is a high (CVSS 7.2) Incorrect Privilege Assignment vulnerability in red hat, inc. ansible tower. EPSS estimates a 1.94% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 79.8% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
29/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.2/10
010
High · v3.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
1.94%
0%100%
Low · -0.04 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 2
RHSA-2018:1328RHSA-2018:1972

Timeline

  1. 02-05-2018
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 17-09-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Ansible Tower before version 3.2.4 has a flaw in the management of system and organization administrators that allows for privilege escalation. System administrators that are members of organizations can have their passwords reset by organization administrators, allowing organization administrators access to the entire system.

CVSS metrics

2 scores · 1 source · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

1.94%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

80%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

-0.04 pp

From 1.98% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score
1.94%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Redhat2 products
Red hat, inc.1 product

2 vendors · 3 products

References

5 links