Red Hat Ansible Tower /api/v2/config Credentials cleartext storage

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability labeled as problematic has been found in Red Hat Ansible Tower. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the file /api/v2/config. Such manipulation as part of Credentials leads to cleartext storage (Credentials). This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2019-14890. The attack needs to be performed locally. There is not any exploit available. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Red Hat Ansible Tower (the affected version unknown). It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this issue is an unknown part of the file /api/v2/config. The manipulation as part of a Credentials leads to a cleartext storage vulnerability (Credentials). Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-312. The product stores sensitive information in cleartext within a resource that might be accessible to another control sphere. Impacted is confidentiality. CVE summarizes:

An attacker with low privilege could retrieve usernames and passwords credentials from the new RHSM saved in plain text into the database at '/api/v2/config' when applying the Ansible Tower license.

The weakness was released 11/26/2019 as not defined bug report (Bugzilla). The advisory is available at bugzilla.redhat.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2019-14890. Local access is required to approach this attack. A simple authentication is necessary for exploitation. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit. This vulnerability is assigned to T1555 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.9
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.9

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Exploitinginfo

Name: Credentials
Class: Cleartext storage / Credentials
CWE: CWE-312 / CWE-310
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

08/10/2019 🔍
11/26/2019 +108 days 🔍
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02/28/2024 +1555 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: redhat.com

Advisory: bugzilla.redhat.com
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2019-14890 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2019-14890
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-146366

Entryinfo

Created: 11/26/2019 03:22 PM
Updated: 02/28/2024 09:54 AM
Changes: 11/26/2019 03:22 PM (38), 11/26/2019 03:27 PM (10), 08/22/2022 09:41 AM (2), 02/28/2024 09:51 AM (2), 02/28/2024 09:54 AM (19)
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