CVE-2016-7070

mediumpriority · track · 32EPSS 0.006 · 50 %ileEUUS
grimoire priorityP3 · Track
Exploitable?
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no known exploitation
Likely / severe?
0.64% (50th) EPSS
CVSS 5.2 · medium
Is it mine?
2 products
Check your exposure
Who says so?
3 sources
cnnvd · enisa_euvd · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

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.

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cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

8.0
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 5.2–8

v2.05.2mediumAV:A/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:Pprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 5.1 · impact 6.4
v3.08highCVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 2.1 · impact 5.9
v3.08highCVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · ENISA EU
v3.08highCVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · secalert@redhat.com USexploitability 2.1 · impact 5.9
v3.07.3highCVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)
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weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-264USprimaryCWE-266US
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affected products (2)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

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also known as (3)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

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sources

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cnnvdenisa_euvdnvdNVDCVE.orgMITRE
published 2018-09-11modified 2026-06-17
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references (6)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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