CVE-2016-7070CWE-266

A privilege escalation flaw was found in the Ansible Tower

High · published September 11, 2018

CVSS v3.0
8.0
EPSS
1%
Percentile
49.5
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

A privilege escalation flaw was found in the Ansible Tower. When Tower before 3.0.3 deploys a PostgreSQL database, it incorrectly configures the trust level of postgres user. An attacker could use this vulnerability to gain admin level access to the database.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.0
8.0 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00635 · 49.5th percentile
Weakness
CWE-266 · Incorrect Privilege Assignment
Published
2018-09-11T13:00Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 11 SEP 13:00Z
    A privilege escalation flaw was found in the Ansible Tower
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