CVE-2018-16879

CriticalCVSS 9.8/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

Ansible Tower before version 3.3.3 does not set a secure channel as it is using the default insecure configuration channel settings for messaging celery workers from RabbitMQ. This could lead in data leak of sensitive information such as passwords as well as denial of service attacks by deleting projects or inventory files.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 9.8/10CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published
Jan 3, 2019
Last modified
Jun 17, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2018-16879: Critical severity, CVSS 9.8 | Vulnix