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TI-2017-08940 Aliases CVE-2017-12148GHSA-fxg8-q29x-8w2q

Improper input validation in Red Hat Ansible Tower

Priority MEDIUM 40CWE-20Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
High
User interaction
Required
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · High
Fix status
Partial Red Hat: 1 fixed, 1 without a fix

Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat.

Summary

A flaw was found in Ansible Tower's interface before 3.1.5 and 3.2.0 with SCM repositories. If a Tower project (SCM repository) definition does not have the 'delete before update' flag set, an attacker with commit access to the upstream playbook source repository could create a Trojan playbook that, when executed by Tower, modifies the checked out SCM repository to add git hooks. These git hooks could, in turn, cause arbitrary command and code execution as the user Tower runs as.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.01707 77th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Partial Red Hat: 1 advisoryRed Hat: 1 fixed, 1 without a fix

SSVC decision points

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

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
Red HatAnsible Tower3.1.5; 3.2.0—No fix listedCNA
  • Ansible Tower VendorRed Hat Affected 3.1.5; 3.2.0 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 3

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_tower:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*before 3.1.5VulnerableRed Hat
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_tower:*:*:*:*:scm_repositories:*:*:*before 3.2.0VulnerableRed Hat
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:cloudforms:4.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*4.5VulnerableRed Hat
  • cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_tower:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 3.1.5 Vulnerable ·Red Hat
  • cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_tower:*:*:*:*:scm_repositories:*:*:* Versions before 3.2.0 Vulnerable ·Red Hat
  • cpe:2.3:a:redhat:cloudforms:4.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.5 Vulnerable ·Red Hat

Remediation

Red Hat 1 advisory

  • RHSA-2017:3005 Released 2017-10-24 · Red Hat rating Important
    Red Hat CloudForms security, bug fix, and enhancement update
    • CloudForms Management Engine 5.8 ansible-tower-server-3.1.5-1.el7at, ansible-tower-setup-3.1.5-1.el7at, cfme-5.8.2.3-1.el7cf +6

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Important. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Red Hat Ansible Tower 3AffectedNo fix yet
CloudForms Management Engine 5.8Fixed RHSA-2017:3005

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2017-12148
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-fxg8-q29x-8w2q

References

Advisory 2

  • 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
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