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TI-2019-13953 Aliases CVE-2019-19341GHSA-jx7q-9m4v-jj44

Incorrect permission assignment in Red Hat Tower

Priority LOW 25CWE-732Published · Updated

Key facts

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

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat.

Summary

A flaw was found in Ansible Tower, versions 3.6.x before 3.6.2, where files in '/var/backup/tower' are left world-readable. These files include both the SECRET_KEY and the database backup. Any user with access to the Tower server, and knowledge of when a backup is run, could retrieve every credential stored in Tower. Access to data is the highest threat with this vulnerability.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.00312 24th 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 HatTowerall ansible_tower versions 3.6.x before 3.6.2—No fix listedCNA
  • Tower VendorRed Hat Affected all ansible_tower versions 3.6.x before 3.6.2 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_tower:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*3.6.0 to before 3.6.2VulnerableRed Hat
  • cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_tower:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.6.0 to before 3.6.2 Vulnerable ·Red Hat

Remediation

Red Hat 2 advisories

  • RHSA-2019:4243 Released 2019-12-16 · Red Hat rating Important
    Red Hat Ansible Tower 3.6.2-1 - RHEL7 Container
    • Red Hat Ansible Tower 3.6 for RHEL 7 ansible-tower-36/ansible-tower
  • RHSA-2019:4242 Released 2019-12-16 · Red Hat rating Important
    Red Hat Ansible Tower 3.5.4-1 - RHEL7 Container
    • Red Hat Ansible Tower 3.5 for RHEL 7 Server ansible-tower-35/ansible-tower

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

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

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Red Hat Ansible Tower 3.5 for RHEL 7 ServerFixed RHSA-2019:4242
Red Hat Ansible Tower 3.6 for RHEL 7Fixed RHSA-2019:4243
Not affected: 1 product
  • CloudForms Management Engine 5

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2019-19341
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-jx7q-9m4v-jj44

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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