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CVE-2018-1101

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-1101 describes a privilege escalation flaw in Ansible Tower versions prior to 3.2.4, also affecting Red Hat CloudForms. This vulnerability allows an organization administrator to reset the password of a system administrator who is also a member of their organization, thereby gaining full system access. With a CVSS score of 7.2 (HIGH), the attack is network-based and low complexity, leading to high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is currently no public exploit code available, nor is there evidence of active exploitation or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 3.2.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_tower:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:cloudforms:4.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.6CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:cloudforms:4.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

7.2HIGH

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
HIGH
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.2
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.01%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
78.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0201 is in the 74th percentile among its peer group of 5,537 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.3 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (19)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: CloudForms Management Engine 5.8Fixed in: ansible-0:2.4.4.0-1.el7ae
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: CloudForms Management Engine 5.8Fixed in: ansible-tower-0:3.1.7-1.el7at
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: CloudForms Management Engine 5.8Fixed in: cfme-0:5.8.4.5-1.el7cf
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: CloudForms Management Engine 5.8Fixed in: cfme-appliance-0:5.8.4.5-1.el7cf
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: CloudForms Management Engine 5.8Fixed in: cfme-gemset-0:5.8.4.5-1.el7cf
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: CloudForms Management Engine 5.8Fixed in: python-paramiko-0:2.1.1-4.el7
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: CloudForms Management Engine 5.8Fixed in: rh-ruby23-rubygem-json-0:2.1.0-1.el7cf
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: CloudForms Management Engine 5.9Fixed in: ansible-0:2.4.4.0-1.el7ae
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: CloudForms Management Engine 5.9Fixed in: ansible-tower-0:3.2.4-1.el7at
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: CloudForms Management Engine 5.9Fixed in: cfme-0:5.9.2.4-1.el7cf
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: CloudForms Management Engine 5.9Fixed in: cfme-amazon-smartstate-0:5.9.2.4-1.el7cf
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: CloudForms Management Engine 5.9Fixed in: cfme-appliance-0:5.9.2.4-1.el7cf
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: CloudForms Management Engine 5.9Fixed in: cfme-gemset-0:5.9.2.4-1.el7cf
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: CloudForms Management Engine 5.9Fixed in: dbus-api-service-0:1.0.1-3.el7cf
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: CloudForms Management Engine 5.9Fixed in: httpd-configmap-generator-0:0.2.1-2.el7cf
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: CloudForms Management Engine 5.9Fixed in: postgresql96-0:9.6.6-1PGDG.el7
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: CloudForms Management Engine 5.9Fixed in: python-paramiko-0:2.1.1-4.el7
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: CloudForms Management Engine 5.9Fixed in: rh-ruby23-rubygem-json-0:2.1.0-1.el7cf
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: CloudForms Management Engine 5.9Fixed in: rh-ruby23-rubygem-qpid_proton-0:0.22.0-2.el7cf
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Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2018-1101Important

ansible-tower: Privilege escalation flaw allows for organization admins to obtain system privileges

Apr 27, 2018

References

access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2018:1328
Third Party Advisory
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2018:1972
Third Party Advisory
access.redhat.com / security/cve/cve-2018-1101
Third Party Advisory
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
ansible.com / security
Vendor Advisory