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Vulnerability record · CVE-2018-1101 · published 2 May 2018

CVE-2018-1101: Redhat ansible tower weak password requirements vulnerability

Redhat · Ansible Tower

Ansible Tower before version 3.2.4 has a flaw in the management of system and organization administrators that allows for privilege escalation. System administrators that are members of organizations can have their passwords reset by organization administrators, allowing organization administrators access to the entire system.

7.2 CVSS 3.0 High EPSS 2.0% · top 20.2% CWE-266 · CWE-266CWE-521 · Weak password requirements
7.2CVSS 3.0 base score, v2 6.5
2.0%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
2Affected product versions listed by NVD
10References
17 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

Ansible Tower before version 3.2.4 has a flaw in the management of system and organization administrators that allows for privilege escalation. System administrators that are members of organizations can have their passwords reset by organization administrators, allowing organization administrators access to the entire system.

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

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

References

LinkTags
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1328 Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1972 Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2018-1101 Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1563492 Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
https://www.ansible.com/security Vendor Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1328 Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1972 Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2018-1101 Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1563492 Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
https://www.ansible.com/security Vendor Advisory

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2018-1101), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-10-02). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.