CVE-2017-12148 describes a critical flaw in Ansible Tower versions prior to 3.1.5 and 3.2.0, impacting both Ansible Tower and Red Hat CloudForms. This vulnerability allows an attacker with commit access to an upstream SCM repository to inject malicious git hooks into Tower projects that lack the "delete before update" flag. Successful exploitation could lead to arbitrary command and code execution with the privileges of the user running Tower. While rated as HIGH severity (CVSS 7.2) due to its network-based attack vector and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 3.1.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_tower:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 3.2.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_tower:*:*:*:*:scm_repositories:*:*:* | ||
4.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:redhat:cloudforms:4.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
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