CVE-2018-10884 Cross-site request forgery in ansible-tower

High 8.8 Published 22 Aug 2018 Updated 5 Aug 2024

An attacker can hijack authenticated users' authtoken cookies via CSRF, leading to account takeover in Ansible Tower.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: Not needed
Attackable: Over the internet
Victim action needed: A user has to click or open something
Fix: None listed

What is CVE-2018-10884?

CVE-2018-10884 is a high-severity vulnerability in Redhat Ansible Tower, published on 22 Aug 2018. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

Ansible Tower before versions 3.1.8 and 3.2.6 is vulnerable to cross-site request forgery (CSRF) in awx/api/authentication.py. An attacker could exploit this by tricking already authenticated users into visiting a malicious site and hijacking the authtoken cookie.

Weakness: CWE-352

Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-10884?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Redhat Ansible Tower.

How do I fix CVE-2018-10884?

No fix has been published for CVE-2018-10884 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2018-10884 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-10884 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as GHSA-c66f-2xvm-8x2x.