CVE-2016-7070

Severity: high (CVSS 8.0 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2018-09-11 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-266

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.

Affected products

Tower: before 3.0.3 — fixed in 3.0.3

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Tower 3.0.3. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-7070
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
https://docs.ansible.com/ansible-tower/3.0.3/html/upgrade-migration-guide/release_notes.html

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