Upstream information
Description
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.SUSE information
Overall state of this security issue: Resolved
This issue is currently rated as having important severity.
| National Vulnerability Database | SUSE | |
|---|---|---|
| Base Score | 6.5 | 8.8 |
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| Attack Vector | Network | Network |
| Attack Complexity | Low | Low |
| Privileges Required | Low | Low |
| User Interaction | None | None |
| Scope | Unchanged | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality Impact | None | High |
| Integrity Impact | High | High |
| Availability Impact | None | High |
| CVSSv3 Version | 3.1 | 3.1 |
Status of this issue by product and package
Please note that this evaluation state might be work in progress, incomplete or outdated. Also information for service packs in the LTSS phase is only included for issues meeting the LTSS criteria. If in doubt, feel free to contact us for clarification. The updates are grouped by state of their lifecycle. SUSE product lifecycles are documented on the lifecycle page.
| Product(s) | Source package | State |
|---|---|---|
| Products under general support and receiving all security fixes. | ||
| SUSE Manager Client Tools Beta for SLE 15 | ansible | Not affected |
| SUSE Manager Client Tools for SLE 15 | ansible | Not affected |
| SUSE Manager Proxy Module 4.3 | ansible | Not affected |
| SUSE Manager Tools 15 | ansible | Not affected |
| SUSE Manager Tools 15-BETA | ansible | Not affected |
| Products under Long Term Service Pack support and receiving important and critical security fixes. | ||
| SUSE OpenStack Cloud 8 | ansible | Not affected |
| SUSE OpenStack Cloud 8 | ansible1 | Not affected |
| SUSE OpenStack Cloud 9 | ansible1 | Not affected |
| Products past their end of life and not receiving proactive updates anymore. | ||
| HPE Helion OpenStack 8 | ansible | Not affected |
| HPE Helion OpenStack 8 | ansible1 | Not affected |
| SUSE Manager Proxy Module 4.2 | ansible | Not affected |
| SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 8 | ansible | Not affected |
SUSE Timeline for this CVE
CVE page created: Mon Aug 15 22:00:16 2022CVE page last modified: Mon Apr 15 15:52:06 2024