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CVE-2023-1786

Date: April 26, 2023

Sensitive data could be exposed in logs of cloud-init before version 23.1.2. An attacker could use this information to find hashed passwords and possibly escalate their privilege.

Language: Python

Severity Score

5.5

Related Resources (8)

Url: https://github.com/canonical/cloud-init/commit/a378b7e4f47375458651c0972e7cd813f6fe0a6b

Url: https://bugs.launchpad.net/cloud-init/+bug/2013967

Url: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-1786

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-1786

Url: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ATBJSXPL2IOAD2LDQRKWPLIC7QXS44GZ/

Url: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-1786

Url: https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6042-1

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2023-1786

Severity Score

5.5

Weakness Type (CWE)

Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File

CWE-532

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	5.5
Attack Vector (AV):	LOCAL
Attack Complexity (AC):	LOW
Privileges Required (PR):	LOW
User Interaction (UI):	NONE
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	HIGH
Integrity (I):	NONE
Availability (A):	NONE

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