Ansible Tower: Schwachstelle ermöglicht Offenlegung von Informationen
WID-SEC-2023-2472 · first 13.05.2020 · updated 08.06.2026 · CVSS 5,0
What it is about
Ansible ist eine Software zur Automatisierung von Cloud Provisionierung, zum Konfigurationsmanagement und zur Anwendungsbereitstellung. Ein lokaler Angreifer kann eine Schwachstelle in Ansible Tower ausnutzen, um Informationen offenzulegen.
Under what conditions?
Only with access to the device or an account on it. Often the second step after a phishing email.
What can happen in the worst case
An attacker could use the vulnerability to
- Informationen offenzulegen
Am I affected?
Affected according to the BSI:
- Debian Linux
- Amazon Linux 2
- SUSE Linux
- Open Source Ansible Tower 3.4.5
- Open Source Ansible Tower 3.5.5
- Open Source Ansible Tower 3.6.3
- SUSE openSUSE
The installed version is usually shown under “Help → About” or in the device’s admin interface.
What helps?
Install the updates provided by the vendor; details in the sources below.
Is the vulnerability already being exploited?
None of the CVEs is in the CISA catalogue of exploited vulnerabilities. That does not mean there are no attacks, only that none are documented.
Information and sources
- Original BSI advisory (WID)
- NIST Database vom 2020-05-12 nvd.nist.gov
- Red Hat Bugzilla - Bug 1805491 vom 2020-05-12 bugzilla.redhat.com
- SUSE Security Update SUSE-SU-2020:3309-1 vom 2020-11-12 lists.suse.com
- Debian Security Advisory DSA-4950 vom 2021-08-07 www.debian.org
- Amazon Linux Security Advisory ALASANSIBLE2-2023-008 vom 2023-09-27 alas.aws.amazon.com
- openSUSE Security Update OPENSUSE-SU-2024:14536-1 vom 2024-12-03 lists.opensuse.org
- openSUSE Security Update OPENSUSE-SU-2025:15753-1 vom 2025-11-22 lists.opensuse.org
- openSUSE Security Update OPENSUSE-SU-2026:10944-1 vom 2026-06-07 lists.opensuse.org
CVE: CVE-2020-1746
Source: BSI warning and information service (CERT-Bund); CISA. The assessment of the conditions is my reading of the BSI text; the external pages are in their original language.