Bug 2108653 (CVE-2022-2568) - CVE-2022-2568 Ansible: Logic flaw leads to privilage escalation
Summary: CVE-2022-2568 Ansible: Logic flaw leads to privilage escalation
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: CVE-2022-2568
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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high
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Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Depends On: 2108668 2108669 2108670 2108671
Blocks: 2108655
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Reported: 2022-07-19 16:05 UTC by Vipul Nair
Modified: 2022-09-01 16:55 UTC (History)
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A privilege escalation flaw was found in the Ansible Automation Platform. This flaw allows a remote authenticated user with 'change user' permissions to modify the account settings of the superuser account and also remove the superuser privileges.
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Last Closed: 2022-09-01 16:55:52 UTC
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Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2022:6078 0 None None None 2022-08-16 13:20:21 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2022:6079 0 None None None 2022-08-16 13:21:51 UTC

Description Vipul Nair 2022-07-19 16:05:38 UTC 
User with 'change user' permissions can change any parameter from a superuser via API but none via UI. This user can even set the 'is_superuser' flag to false and thus remove superuser privileges.

HTTP request:
PATCH http://localhost:5001/api/automation-hub/_ui/v1/users/1/ 
{"username": "admin", "is_superuser": false}

200 OK
Comment 4 errata-xmlrpc 2022-08-16 13:20:18 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.1 for RHEL 8

Via RHSA-2022:6078 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:6078
Comment 5 errata-xmlrpc 2022-08-16 13:21:48 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.2 for RHEL 8
  Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.2 for RHEL 9

Via RHSA-2022:6079 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:6079
Comment 6 Product Security DevOps Team 2022-09-01 16:55:50 UTC 
This bug is now closed. Further updates for individual products will be reflected on the CVE page(s):

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2022-2568
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