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TI-2018-01023 Aliases CVE-2018-1104GHSA-4839-8mxx-4xr9

Improper input validation in Red Hat Ansible Tower

Priority MEDIUM 43CWE-20Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Code execution
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · High
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-94.

Summary

Ansible Tower through version 3.2.3 has a vulnerability that allows users only with access to define variables for a job template to execute arbitrary code on the Tower server.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.0247 84th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed Red Hat: 2 advisories

SSVC decision points

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

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
Red HatAnsible Towerthrough version 3.2.3—No fix listedCNA
  • Ansible Tower VendorRed Hat Affected through version 3.2.3 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 3

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_tower:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*up to 3.2.3VulnerableRed Hat
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:cloudforms:4.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*4.5VulnerableRed Hat
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:cloudforms:4.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*4.6VulnerableRed Hat
  • cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_tower:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 3.2.3 Vulnerable ·Red Hat
  • cpe:2.3:a:redhat:cloudforms:4.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.5 Vulnerable ·Red Hat
  • cpe:2.3:a:redhat:cloudforms:4.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.6 Vulnerable ·Red Hat

Remediation

Red Hat 2 advisories

  • RHSA-2018:1972 Released 2018-06-25 · Red Hat rating Important
    Red Hat CloudForms security, bug fix, and enhancement update
    • CloudForms Management Engine 5.8 ansible-2.4.4.0-1.el7ae, ansible-tower-server-3.1.7-1.el7at, ansible-tower-setup-3.1.7-1.el7at +7
  • RHSA-2018:1328 Released 2018-05-07 · Red Hat rating Important
    CloudForms 4.6.2 bug fix and enhancement update
    • CloudForms Management Engine 5.9 ansible-2.4.4.0-1.el7ae, ansible-doc-2.4.4.0-1.el7ae, ansible-tower-3.2.4-1.el7at +29

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

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

ProductStatusPlan or fix
CloudForms Management Engine 5.8Fixed RHSA-2018:1972
CloudForms Management Engine 5.9Fixed RHSA-2018:1328

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2018-1104
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-4839-8mxx-4xr9

References

Advisory 5

  • 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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Sources

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