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TI-2015-01342 Aliases CVE-2015-1481GHSA-mv5f-9r7g-hr97

Ansible Tower (aka Ansible UI) before 2.0.5 allows remote organization administrators to…

Priority LOW 38CWE-264Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
— Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Security bypass
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
Partial · Partial · Partial
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-264.

Summary

Ansible Tower (aka Ansible UI) before 2.0.5 allows remote organization administrators to gain privileges by creating a superuser account.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.06145 93rd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 4 exploit referencesTagged by NVD and the CNA
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:ansible:tower:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*up to 2.0.4VulnerableAnsible
  • cpe:2.3:a:ansible:tower:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 2.0.4 Vulnerable ·Ansible

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2015-1481
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-mv5f-9r7g-hr97

References

  • TI-2015-01343 Ansible Tower (aka Ansible UI) before 2.0.5 allows remote attackers to bypass… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 5.0
  • TI-2015-01245 Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Ansible Tower (aka Ansible UI)… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 4.3

Sources