Cleartext storage of sensitive information in Ansible Tower - CVE-2019-14890
Published: November 26, 2019
Vulnerability identifier: #VU22998
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-14890
CWE-ID: CWE-312
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Red Hat Inc.
Affected software:
Ansible Tower
Ansible Tower
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to sensitive information.
The vulnerability exists due to the application return a list of all users and their passwords in clear text via the "/api/v2/config" URL when applying the Ansible Tower license. A remote low privileged attacker can gain access to passwords of all users of the application.
How to mitigate CVE-2019-14890
Install updates from vendor's website.