CVEvulnerability

CVE-2016-7070

8.0 HIGH Published 2018-09-11 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗

Status: Modified
Published: 2018-09-11
Last modified: 2026-06-17
Assigner: [email protected]
CVSS 3.0 ([email protected]): 8.0 HIGH — CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 3.0 ([email protected]): 8.0 HIGH — CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected]): 5.2 MEDIUM — AV:A/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weaknesses: CWE-264, CWE-266

Description

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.

Affected configurations

• redhat ansible tower (< 3.0.3)

Weakness · not in database (1)

CWE-264

Weakness · CWE (1)

CWE-266 Incorrect Privilege Assignment weakness

References