CVE-2020-10709

Tower: OAuth2 refresh tokens do not respect the expiration

Published May 27, 2021 CVSS 3.1 · 7.1 High EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
A security flaw was found in Ansible Tower when requesting an OAuth2 token with an OAuth2 application. Ansible Tower uses the token to provide authentication. This flaw allows an attacker to obtain a refresh token that does not expire. The original token granted to the user still has access to Ansible Tower, which allows any user that can gain access to the token to be fully authenticated to Ansible Tower. This flaw affects Ansible Tower versions before 3.6.4 and Ansible Tower versions before 3.5.6.

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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2020-3139 A security flaw was found in Ansible Tower when requesting an OAuth2 token with an OAuth2 application. Ansible Tower uses the token to provide authentication. This flaw allows an attacker to obtain a refresh token that does not expire. The original token granted to the user still has access to Ansible Tower, which allows any user that can gain access to the token to be fully authenticated to Ansible Tower. This flaw affects Ansible Tower versions before 3.6.4 and Ansible Tower versions before 3.5.6.
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
redhat
Published
Updated
Aug 4, 2024, 11:06 AM
Reserved
Mar 20, 2020, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
May 27, 2021, 7:15 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 2:48 AM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
Apr 7, 2020, 12:00 AM