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Vulnerability record · CVE-2015-1482 · published 4 February 2015

CVE-2015-1482: Ansible tower information exposure vulnerability

Ansible · Tower

Ansible Tower (aka Ansible UI) before 2.0.5 allows remote attackers to bypass authentication and obtain sensitive information via a websocket connection to socket.io/1/.

5.0 CVSS 2.0 Medium EPSS 8.5% · top 5.1% CWE-200 · Information exposure
5.0CVSS 2.0 base score
8.5%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 attackers to bypass authentication and obtain sensitive information via a websocket connection to socket.io/1/.

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

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-2015-1482), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-26). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.