Bug 1688508 (CVE-2019-3869) - CVE-2019-3869 Tower: credentials leaked through environment variables
Summary: CVE-2019-3869 Tower: credentials leaked through environment variables
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: CVE-2019-3869
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Depends On: 1688509 1723666
Blocks: 1688165
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Reported: 2019-03-13 21:19 UTC by Borja Tarraso
Modified: 2021-02-16 22:15 UTC (History)
15 users (show)

Fixed In Version: ansible-tower 3.3.5, ansible-tower 3.4.3
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When running Tower on OpenShift or Kubernetes, application credentials are exposed to playbook job runs via environment variables. A malicious user with the ability to write playbooks could use this to gain administrative privileges.
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Last Closed: 2019-03-27 15:53:45 UTC
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Description Borja Tarraso 2019-03-13 21:19:35 UTC 
When running Tower on OpenShift or Kubernetes, application credentials are exposed to playbook job runs via environment variables. A malicious user with the ability to write playbooks could use this to gain administrative privileges.
Comment 3 Borja Tarraso 2019-03-13 22:17:35 UTC 
Acknowledgments:

Name: Chris Bertsch (FactSet Research Systems Inc)
Comment 4 Borja Tarraso 2019-03-26 19:30:36 UTC 
External References:

https://github.com/ansible/awx/pull/3505
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