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TI-2019-02879 Aliases CVE-2019-3869GHSA-9qmx-gcjw-jrg2

Information disclosure in Red Hat Tower

Priority LOW 34CWE-214Published · Updated

Key facts

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

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-200.

Summary

When running Tower before 3.4.3 on OpenShift or Kubernetes, application credentials are exposed to playbook job runs via environment variables. A malicious user with the ability to write playbooks could use this to gain administrative privileges.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.01266 69th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed Red Hat: 1 advisory

SSVC decision points

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

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
Red HatTower3.3.5; 3.4.3—No fix listedCNA
  • Tower VendorRed Hat Affected 3.3.5; 3.4.3 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_tower:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*before 3.3.5; 3.4.0 to before 3.4.3VulnerableRed Hat
  • cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_tower:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 3.3.5; 3.4.0 to before 3.4.3 Vulnerable ·Red Hat

Remediation

Red Hat 1 advisory

  • RHSA-2019:0796 Released 2019-04-23 · Red Hat rating Important
    CloudForms 4.7.3 security, bug fix and enhancement update
    • CloudForms Management Engine 5.10 ansible-tower-3.4.3-1.el7at, ansible-tower-server-3.4.3-1.el7at, ansible-tower-setup-3.4.3-1.el7at +9

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

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

ProductStatusPlan or fix
CloudForms Management Engine 5.10Fixed RHSA-2019:0796
Red Hat Ansible Tower 3.3 for RHEL 7 ServerFixed—
Red Hat Ansible Tower 3.4 for RHEL 7 ServerFixed—

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2019-3869
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-9qmx-gcjw-jrg2

References

Patch 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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Sources

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