CVE-2017-12148

HIGH
8.4
CVSS Score
Published: July 27, 2018 at 04:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:02 AM UTC
2 products affected across 1 vendorAnsible TowerCloudForms

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Severity
HIGH8.4
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%

Description

A flaw was found in Ansible Tower's interface before 3.1.5 and 3.2.0 with SCM repositories. If a Tower project (SCM repository) definition does not have the 'delete before update' flag set, an attacker with commit access to the upstream playbook source repository could create a Trojan playbook that, when executed by Tower, modifies the checked out SCM repository to add git hooks. These git hooks could, in turn, cause arbitrary command and code execution as the user Tower runs as.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v < 3.1.5v < 3.2.03.1.53.2.0
Affected range stops below 3.1.5, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 3.2.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

References (2)

x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingVendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2017-12148

CVSS

8.4HIGHredhat
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
HIGH
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-20

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