Is CVE-2018-1101 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2018-1101 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2018-1101?

CVE-2018-1101 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.2 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2018-1101?

CVE-2018-1101 has an EPSS score of 2.01% (79th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2018-1101?

Upgrade ansible tower to 3.2.4 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2018-1101

HIGHEPSS 79th pctl

7.2

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

Ansible Tower before version 3.2.4 has a flaw in the management of system and organization administrators that allows for privilege escalation. System administrators that are members of organizations can have their passwords reset by organization administrators, allowing organization administrators access to the entire system.

CWE-266 CWE-521

How to fix

Remediation Available

ansible towerNVD

Affected:< 3.2.4Fixed in:3.2.4CVE-2018-1101derived from NVD

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Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredHigh

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

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

Exploit Intelligence

2.01%probability of exploitation in 30 days

79thpercentile

Elevated risk: more likely to be exploited than 79% of all known CVEs.

References

Vendor Advisory1

ansible.com

Third-Party Advisory4

Related Vulnerabilities

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CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2024-28000	Critical	9.8	68%	-	Fix
CVE-2025-27007	Critical	9.8	51%	-	-
CVE-2025-47539	Critical	9.8	31%	-	Fix
CVE-2022-20759	High	8.8	29%	-	Fix
CVE-2024-13106	Medium	5.3	27%	-	-
CVE-2024-3013	Medium	6.3	23%	-	-

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2024-11-21.