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TI-2020-08608 Aliases CVE-2020-10709GHSA-g252-frw3-5wcr

Improper authentication in Tower

Priority LOW 31CWE-287Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Local
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Security bypass
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · None
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-287.

Summary

A security flaw was found in Ansible Tower when requesting an OAuth2 token with an OAuth2 application. Ansible Tower uses the token to provide authentication. This flaw allows an attacker to obtain a refresh token that does not expire. The original token granted to the user still has access to Ansible Tower, which allows any user that can gain access to the token to be fully authenticated to Ansible Tower. This flaw affects Ansible Tower versions before 3.6.4 and Ansible Tower versions before 3.5.6.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.00272 19th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

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

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
—Toweransible_tower 3.6.4, ansible_tower 3.5.6—No fix listedCNA
  • Tower Vendor— Affected ansible_tower 3.6.4, ansible_tower 3.5.6 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_tower:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*before 3.5.6; 3.6.0 to before 3.6.4VulnerableRed Hat
  • cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_tower:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 3.5.6; 3.6.0 to before 3.6.4 Vulnerable ·Red Hat

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

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

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Red Hat Ansible Tower 3AffectedNo fix yet

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2020-10709
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-g252-frw3-5wcr

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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