CVE-2019-19342

Tower: special characters in RabbitMQ passwords causes web socket 500 error

Published Dec 19, 2019 CVSS 3.1 · 5.3 Medium EPSS 1.1% KEV · Not listed
Description
A flaw was found in Ansible Tower, versions 3.6.x before 3.6.2 and 3.5.x before 3.5.4, when /websocket is requested and the password contains the '#' character. This request would cause a socket error in RabbitMQ when parsing the password and an HTTP error code 500 and partial password disclose will occur in plaintext. An attacker could easily guess some predictable passwords or brute force the password.

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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2019-8963 A flaw was found in Ansible Tower, versions 3.6.x before 3.6.2 and 3.5.x before 3.5.4, when /websocket is requested and the password contains the '#' character. This request would cause a socket error in RabbitMQ when parsing the password and an HTTP error code 500 and partial password disclose will occur in plaintext. An attacker could easily guess some predictable passwords or brute force the password.
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
redhat
Published
Updated
Aug 5, 2024, 2:16 AM
Reserved
Nov 27, 2019, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Dec 19, 2019, 9:15 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 2:26 AM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
Dec 14, 2019, 12:00 AM