CVE-2019-19341: Red Hat Ansible Tower

Medium severity, CVSS 5.5. EPSS: 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

A flaw was found in Ansible Tower, versions 3.6.x before 3.6.2, where files in '/var/backup/tower' are left world-readable. These files include both the SECRET_KEY and the database backup. Any user with access to the Tower server, and knowledge of when a backup is run, could retrieve every credential stored in Tower. Access to data is the highest threat with this vulnerability.

Affected products

• Red Hat Ansible Tower: from 3.6.0, before 3.6.2 (fixed in 3.6.2)

Published 2019-12-19. Last modified 2026-06-17.