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TI-2019-11094 Aliases CVE-2019-14890GHSA-785w-m3xw-jfp8

Cleartext storage of sensitive information in [UNKNOWN] Tower

Priority LOW 36CWE-312Published · Updated

Key facts

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

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-312.

Summary

A vulnerability was found in Ansible Tower before 3.6.1 where an attacker with low privilege could retrieve usernames and passwords credentials from the new RHSM saved in plain text into the database at '/api/v2/config' when applying the Ansible Tower license.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.00237 14th 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
[UNKNOWN]Tower3.6.1—No fix listedCNA
  • Tower Vendor[UNKNOWN] Affected 3.6.1 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_tower:3.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*3.6.0VulnerableRed Hat
  • cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_tower:3.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.6.0 Vulnerable ·Red Hat

Remediation

Red Hat 1 advisory

  • RHSA-2019:3958 Released 2019-11-25 · Red Hat rating Critical
    Red Hat Ansible Tower 3.6.1-1 - EL7 Container
    • Red Hat Ansible Tower 3.6 for RHEL 7 ansible-tower-36/ansible-tower

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

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

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Red Hat Ansible Tower 3.6 for RHEL 7Fixed RHSA-2019:3958
Not affected: 1 product
  • CloudForms Management Engine 5

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2019-14890
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-785w-m3xw-jfp8

References

Advisory 1

  • 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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