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CVE-2018-1101

Ansible Tower before version 3.2.4 has a flaw in the management of system and organization...

7.2 HighFix available

CVE-2018-1101 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.2) in Red Hat Ansible Tower, published May 2, 2018. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.94%, the 80th percentile. Fixed in ansible 0:2.4.4.0-1.el7ae.

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.

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

1.94%Up 0.7 points since Apr 14, 2021
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 7.2

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.

Record
CVE-2018-1101
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
6.5 MediumAV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weakness
CWE-266, CWE-521
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List No score

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.

Record
CVE-2018-1101
Weakness
CWE-266
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2018-11749 No score

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.

Record
EUVD-2018-11749
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-hfwp-5v2g-2vvc 7.2

Ansible Tower before version 3.2.4 has a flaw in the management of system and organization...

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.

Record
GHSA-hfwp-5v2g-2vvc
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-521
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVRHSA-2018:1328 9.8

Red Hat Security Advisory: CloudForms 4.6.2 bug fix and enhancement update

Record
RHSA-2018:1328
CVSS 3.0
9.8 CriticalCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVRHSA-2018:1972 9.8

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

Record
RHSA-2018:1972
CVSS 3.0
9.8 CriticalCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
ansible
Red Hat:cloudforms_managementengine:5.9::el7
 before 0:2.4.4.0-1.el7ae
0:2.4.4.0-1.el7ae
ansible-doc
Red Hat:cloudforms_managementengine:5.9::el7
 before 0:2.4.4.0-1.el7ae
0:2.4.4.0-1.el7ae
ansible-tower
Red Hat:cloudforms_managementengine:5.9::el7
 before 0:3.2.4-1.el7at
0:3.2.4-1.el7at
ansible-tower-server
Red Hat:cloudforms_managementengine:5.9::el7
 before 0:3.2.4-1.el7at
0:3.2.4-1.el7at
ansible-tower-setup
Red Hat:cloudforms_managementengine:5.9::el7
 before 0:3.2.4-1.el7at
0:3.2.4-1.el7at
ansible-tower-ui
Red Hat:cloudforms_managementengine:5.9::el7
 before 0:3.2.4-1.el7at
0:3.2.4-1.el7at
ansible-tower-venv-ansible
Red Hat:cloudforms_managementengine:5.9::el7
 before 0:3.2.4-1.el7at
0:3.2.4-1.el7at
ansible-tower-venv-tower
Red Hat:cloudforms_managementengine:5.9::el7
 before 0:3.2.4-1.el7at
0:3.2.4-1.el7at
cfme
Red Hat:cloudforms_managementengine:5.9::el7
 before 0:5.9.2.4-1.el7cf
0:5.9.2.4-1.el7cf
cfme-amazon-smartstate
Red Hat:cloudforms_managementengine:5.9::el7
 before 0:5.9.2.4-1.el7cf
0:5.9.2.4-1.el7cf
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Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
cfme-appliance
Red Hat:cloudforms_managementengine:5.9::el7
 before 0:5.9.2.4-1.el7cf
0:5.9.2.4-1.el7cf
cfme-appliance-common
Red Hat:cloudforms_managementengine:5.9::el7
 before 0:5.9.2.4-1.el7cf
0:5.9.2.4-1.el7cf
cfme-appliance-debuginfo
Red Hat:cloudforms_managementengine:5.9::el7
 before 0:5.9.2.4-1.el7cf
0:5.9.2.4-1.el7cf
cfme-appliance-tools
Red Hat:cloudforms_managementengine:5.9::el7
 before 0:5.9.2.4-1.el7cf
0:5.9.2.4-1.el7cf
cfme-debuginfo
Red Hat:cloudforms_managementengine:5.9::el7
 before 0:5.9.2.4-1.el7cf
0:5.9.2.4-1.el7cf
cfme-gemset
Red Hat:cloudforms_managementengine:5.9::el7
 before 0:5.9.2.4-1.el7cf
0:5.9.2.4-1.el7cf
cfme-gemset-debuginfo
Red Hat:cloudforms_managementengine:5.9::el7
 before 0:5.9.2.4-1.el7cf
0:5.9.2.4-1.el7cf
dbus-api-service
Red Hat:cloudforms_managementengine:5.9::el7
 before 0:1.0.1-3.el7cf
0:1.0.1-3.el7cf
httpd-configmap-generator
Red Hat:cloudforms_managementengine:5.9::el7
 before 0:0.2.1-2.el7cf
0:0.2.1-2.el7cf
postgresql96
Red Hat:cloudforms_managementengine:5.9::el7
 before 0:9.6.6-1PGDG.el7
0:9.6.6-1PGDG.el7
postgresql96-contrib
Red Hat:cloudforms_managementengine:5.9::el7
 before 0:9.6.6-1PGDG.el7
0:9.6.6-1PGDG.el7
postgresql96-debuginfo
Red Hat:cloudforms_managementengine:5.9::el7
 before 0:9.6.6-1PGDG.el7
0:9.6.6-1PGDG.el7
postgresql96-devel
Red Hat:cloudforms_managementengine:5.9::el7
 before 0:9.6.6-1PGDG.el7
0:9.6.6-1PGDG.el7
postgresql96-docs
Red Hat:cloudforms_managementengine:5.9::el7
 before 0:9.6.6-1PGDG.el7
0:9.6.6-1PGDG.el7
postgresql96-libs
Red Hat:cloudforms_managementengine:5.9::el7
 before 0:9.6.6-1PGDG.el7
0:9.6.6-1PGDG.el7
postgresql96-plperl
Red Hat:cloudforms_managementengine:5.9::el7
 before 0:9.6.6-1PGDG.el7
0:9.6.6-1PGDG.el7
postgresql96-plpython
Red Hat:cloudforms_managementengine:5.9::el7
 before 0:9.6.6-1PGDG.el7
0:9.6.6-1PGDG.el7
postgresql96-pltcl
Red Hat:cloudforms_managementengine:5.9::el7
 before 0:9.6.6-1PGDG.el7
0:9.6.6-1PGDG.el7
postgresql96-server
Red Hat:cloudforms_managementengine:5.9::el7
 before 0:9.6.6-1PGDG.el7
0:9.6.6-1PGDG.el7
postgresql96-test
Red Hat:cloudforms_managementengine:5.9::el7
 before 0:9.6.6-1PGDG.el7
0:9.6.6-1PGDG.el7
python-paramiko
Red Hat:cloudforms_managementengine:5.9::el7
 before 0:2.1.1-4.el7
0:2.1.1-4.el7
python-paramiko-doc
Red Hat:cloudforms_managementengine:5.9::el7
 before 0:2.1.1-4.el7
0:2.1.1-4.el7
rh-ruby23-rubygem-json
Red Hat:cloudforms_managementengine:5.9::el7
 before 0:2.1.0-1.el7cf
0:2.1.0-1.el7cf
rh-ruby23-rubygem-json-debuginfo
Red Hat:cloudforms_managementengine:5.9::el7
 before 0:2.1.0-1.el7cf
0:2.1.0-1.el7cf
rh-ruby23-rubygem-json-doc
Red Hat:cloudforms_managementengine:5.9::el7
 before 0:2.1.0-1.el7cf
0:2.1.0-1.el7cf
rh-ruby23-rubygem-qpid_proton
Red Hat:cloudforms_managementengine:5.9::el7
 before 0:0.22.0-2.el7cf
0:0.22.0-2.el7cf
rh-ruby23-rubygem-qpid_proton-debuginfo
Red Hat:cloudforms_managementengine:5.9::el7
 before 0:0.22.0-2.el7cf
0:0.22.0-2.el7cf
rh-ruby23-rubygem-qpid_proton-doc
Red Hat:cloudforms_managementengine:5.9::el7
 before 0:0.22.0-2.el7cf
0:0.22.0-2.el7cf
ansible
Red Hat:cloudforms_managementengine:5.8::el7
 before 0:2.4.4.0-1.el7ae
0:2.4.4.0-1.el7ae
ansible-tower-server
Red Hat:cloudforms_managementengine:5.8::el7
 before 0:3.1.7-1.el7at
0:3.1.7-1.el7at
ansible-tower-setup
Red Hat:cloudforms_managementengine:5.8::el7
 before 0:3.1.7-1.el7at
0:3.1.7-1.el7at
cfme
Red Hat:cloudforms_managementengine:5.8::el7
 before 0:5.8.4.5-1.el7cf
0:5.8.4.5-1.el7cf
cfme-appliance
Red Hat:cloudforms_managementengine:5.8::el7
 before 0:5.8.4.5-1.el7cf
0:5.8.4.5-1.el7cf
cfme-appliance-debuginfo
Red Hat:cloudforms_managementengine:5.8::el7
 before 0:5.8.4.5-1.el7cf
0:5.8.4.5-1.el7cf
cfme-debuginfo
Red Hat:cloudforms_managementengine:5.8::el7
 before 0:5.8.4.5-1.el7cf
0:5.8.4.5-1.el7cf
cfme-gemset
Red Hat:cloudforms_managementengine:5.8::el7
 before 0:5.8.4.5-1.el7cf
0:5.8.4.5-1.el7cf
python-paramiko
Red Hat:cloudforms_managementengine:5.8::el7
 before 0:2.1.1-4.el7
0:2.1.1-4.el7
python-paramiko-doc
Red Hat:cloudforms_managementengine:5.8::el7
 before 0:2.1.1-4.el7
0:2.1.1-4.el7
rh-ruby23-rubygem-json
Red Hat:cloudforms_managementengine:5.8::el7
 before 0:2.1.0-1.el7cf
0:2.1.0-1.el7cf
rh-ruby23-rubygem-json-debuginfo
Red Hat:cloudforms_managementengine:5.8::el7
 before 0:2.1.0-1.el7cf
0:2.1.0-1.el7cf
rh-ruby23-rubygem-json-doc
Red Hat:cloudforms_managementengine:5.8::el7
 before 0:2.1.0-1.el7cf
0:2.1.0-1.el7cf

History

History
WhenChangedSources
2026-11-03aliases, productsEUVD
2026-11-02createdCVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV

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