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Vulnerability record · CVE-2015-1481 · published 4 February 2015

CVE-2015-1481: Ansible tower permissions and access controls vulnerability

Ansible · Tower

Ansible Tower (aka Ansible UI) before 2.0.5 allows remote organization administrators to gain privileges by creating a superuser account.

6.5 CVSS 2.0 Medium EPSS 6.1% · top 6.8% CWE-264 · Permissions and access controls
6.5CVSS 2.0 base score
6.1%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
10References, 8 tagged exploit
17 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

Ansible Tower (aka Ansible UI) before 2.0.5 allows remote organization administrators to gain privileges by creating a superuser account.

AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/129944/Ansible-Tower-2.0.2-XSS-Privilege-Escalation-Authentication-Missing.html Exploit
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Jan/52 Exploit
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/35786 Exploit
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/534464/100/0/threaded
https://www.sec-consult.com/fxdata/seccons/prod/temedia/advisories_txt/20150113-1_Ansible-Tower_multiple-vulnerabilities Exploit
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/129944/Ansible-Tower-2.0.2-XSS-Privilege-Escalation-Authentication-Missing.html Exploit
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Jan/52 Exploit
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/35786 Exploit
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/534464/100/0/threaded
https://www.sec-consult.com/fxdata/seccons/prod/temedia/advisories_txt/20150113-1_Ansible-Tower_multiple-vulnerabilities Exploit

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2015-1481), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-26). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.