CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2019-3869

HIGH
7.2
CVSS v3
NVD

Description

When running Tower before 3.4.3 on OpenShift or Kubernetes, application credentials are exposed to playbook job runs via environment variables. A malicious user with the ability to write playbooks could use this to gain administrative privileges.

How to fix

Remediation Available
ansible towerNVD
Affected:>= 3.4.0, < 3.4.3Fixed in:3.4.3CVE-2019-3869derived from NVD

TridentStack Control can deploy fixes like this automatically across your Windows, macOS, and Linux fleet. See how it works

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

Exploit Intelligence

1.27%probability of exploitation in 30 days
67thpercentile

Moderate risk: more likely to be exploited than 67% of all known CVEs.

References

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-214 vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVESeverityCVSSEPSSExploitedFix
CVE-2021-3859High7.51.3%-Fix
CVE-2020-5422Medium6.50.9%-Fix
CVE-2020-1753Medium5.00.5%-Fix
CVE-2020-36771High7.80.5%-Fix
CVE-2024-4254High7.10.5%--
CVE-2026-33247High7.40.4%-Fix
Embed a live status badge for CVE-2019-3869
CVE-2019-3869 severity badge

Markdown

[![CVE-2019-3869](https://tridentstack.com/cve/badge/CVE-2019-3869.svg)](https://tridentstack.com/cve/CVE-2019-3869)

HTML

<a href="https://tridentstack.com/cve/CVE-2019-3869"><img src="https://tridentstack.com/cve/badge/CVE-2019-3869.svg" alt="CVE-2019-3869"></a>

Find and fix vulnerabilities across your fleet

TridentStack Control continuously scans your Windows, macOS, and Linux fleet for known vulnerabilities, prioritizes them by severity and active exploitation, and patches them automatically.

See how it worksStart freeThis CVE lookup is free and always will be.

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.