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CVE-2019-3869

When running Tower before 3.4.3 on OpenShift or Kubernetes, application credentials are exposed...

7.2 High

When running Tower before 3.4.3 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.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges needed
High
User interaction
None

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

Exploit likelihood

1.27%Up 0.6 points since Apr 14, 2021
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

CVE List Score used 7.2

When running Tower before 3.4.3 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.

Record
CVE-2019-3869
CVSS 3.0
7.2 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness
CWE-214
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2019-13482 7.2

When running Tower before 3.4.3 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.

Record
EUVD-2019-13482
CVSS 3.0
7.2 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-9qmx-gcjw-jrg2 7.2

When running Tower before 3.4.3 on OpenShift or Kubernetes, application credentials are exposed...

When running Tower before 3.4.3 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.

Record
GHSA-9qmx-gcjw-jrg2
CVSS 3.1
7.2 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness
CWE-200
Updated
2026-11-02
NVD 7.2

When running Tower before 3.4.3 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.

Record
CVE-2019-3869
CVSS 3.1
7.2 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 3.0
7.2 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0
4.0 MediumAV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N
Weakness
CWE-214, CWE-200
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVRHSA-2019:0796 8.1

Red Hat Security Advisory: CloudForms 4.7.3 security, bug fix and enhancement update

Record
RHSA-2019:0796
CVSS 3.0
8.1 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
ansible-tower
Red Hat:cloudforms_managementengine:5.10::el7
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
 before 0:3.4.3-1.el7at
0:3.4.3-1.el7at
ansible-tower-server
Red Hat:cloudforms_managementengine:5.10::el7
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
 before 0:3.4.3-1.el7at
0:3.4.3-1.el7at
ansible-tower-setup
Red Hat:cloudforms_managementengine:5.10::el7
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
 before 0:3.4.3-1.el7at
0:3.4.3-1.el7at
ansible-tower-ui
Red Hat:cloudforms_managementengine:5.10::el7
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
 before 0:3.4.3-1.el7at
0:3.4.3-1.el7at
ansible-tower-venv-ansible
Red Hat:cloudforms_managementengine:5.10::el7
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
 before 0:3.4.3-1.el7at
0:3.4.3-1.el7at
ansible-tower-venv-tower
Red Hat:cloudforms_managementengine:5.10::el7
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
 before 0:3.4.3-1.el7at
0:3.4.3-1.el7at
cfme
Red Hat:cloudforms_managementengine:5.10::el7
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
 before 0:5.10.3.3-1.el7cf
0:5.10.3.3-1.el7cf
cfme-amazon-smartstate
Red Hat:cloudforms_managementengine:5.10::el7
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
 before 0:5.10.3.3-1.el7cf
0:5.10.3.3-1.el7cf
cfme-appliance
Red Hat:cloudforms_managementengine:5.10::el7
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
 before 0:5.10.3.3-1.el7cf
0:5.10.3.3-1.el7cf
cfme-appliance-common
Red Hat:cloudforms_managementengine:5.10::el7
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
 before 0:5.10.3.3-1.el7cf
0:5.10.3.3-1.el7cf
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Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
cfme-appliance-debuginfo
Red Hat:cloudforms_managementengine:5.10::el7
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
 before 0:5.10.3.3-1.el7cf
0:5.10.3.3-1.el7cf
cfme-appliance-tools
Red Hat:cloudforms_managementengine:5.10::el7
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
 before 0:5.10.3.3-1.el7cf
0:5.10.3.3-1.el7cf
cfme-debuginfo
Red Hat:cloudforms_managementengine:5.10::el7
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
 before 0:5.10.3.3-1.el7cf
0:5.10.3.3-1.el7cf
cfme-gemset
Red Hat:cloudforms_managementengine:5.10::el7
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
 before 0:5.10.3.3-1.el7cf
0:5.10.3.3-1.el7cf
cfme-gemset-debuginfo
Red Hat:cloudforms_managementengine:5.10::el7
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
 before 0:5.10.3.3-1.el7cf
0:5.10.3.3-1.el7cf

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
affected, facts
aliasesEUVD
first indexedCVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2019-3869 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.2) in Red Hat Tower, published March 28, 2019. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.27%, the 69th percentile. No source names a fixed version.

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