HTTP response splitting in Red Hat Ansible Tower
Priority LOW 30CWE-113Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Adjacent network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · High · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat.
Summary
Ansible Tower as shipped with Red Hat CloudForms Management Engine 5 is vulnerable to CRLF Injection. It was found that X-Forwarded-For header allows internal servers to deploy other systems (using callback).
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.00599 48th percentileScored 2026-11-07
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
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat | Ansible Tower | As shipped with Red Hat CloudForms Management Engine 5 | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- Ansible Tower VendorRed Hat Affected As shipped with Red Hat CloudForms Management Engine 5 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
| Product | Status | Plan or fix |
|---|---|---|
| CloudForms Management Engine 5 | Affected | — |
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2017-7528
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-qh6h-825q-q4mx
References
More Red Hat Ansible Tower vulnerabilities
- TI-2018-12447 Git before 2.14.5, 2.15.x before 2.15.3, 2.16.x before 2.16.5, 2.17.x before 2.17.2… CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2015-07641 _XcursorThemeInherits in library.c in libXcursor before 1.1.15 allows remote attackers to… CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2018-09275 The get_cookies function in soup-cookie-jar.c in libsoup 2.63.2 allows attackers to have… CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2018-00980 Improper input validation in [UNKNOWN] python CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2018-16030 Paramiko version 2.4.1, 2.3.2, 2.2.3, 2.1.5, 2.0.8, 1.18.5, 1.17.6 contains a Incorrect… CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2018-10539 An issue was discovered in kwajd_read_headers in mspack/kwajd.c in libmspack before… CVSS 3.0HIGH 8.8
Sources
- CVE-2017-7528 · CVE Program
- CVE-2017-7528 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-qh6h-825q-q4mx · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2017-7528 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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