CVE-2016-7070

high

Description

A privilege escalation flaw was found in the Ansible Tower. When Tower before 3.0.3 deploys a PostgreSQL database, it incorrectly configures the trust level of postgres user. An attacker could use this vulnerability to gain admin level access to the database.

References

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2016-7950

https://docs.ansible.com/ansible-tower/3.0.3/html/upgrade-migration-guide/release_notes.html

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-7070

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2018-09-11

Updated: 2026-06-17

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5.2

Vector: CVSS2#AV:A/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00635