CVE-2023-1786

Summary

CVECVE-2023-1786
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2023-04-26 23:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-05-08 18:38:00 UTC
DescriptionSensitive 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-532

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Canonical Cloud-init All All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 16.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 18.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 20.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 22.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 22.10 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 23.04 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 38 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Bug #2013967 “cloud-init leaks credentials " : Bugs : cloud-init MISC bugs.launchpad.net
[SECURITY] Fedora 38 Update: cloud-init-23.1.2-1.fc38 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists MISC lists.fedoraproject.org
Make user/vendor data sensitive and remove log permissions (#2144) · canonical/cloud-init@a378b7e · GitHub MISC github.com
USN-6042-1: Cloud-init vulnerability | Ubuntu security notices | Ubuntu MISC ubuntu.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 160569 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for cloud-init (ELSA-2023-12299)
  • 160570 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for cloud-init (ELSA-2023-12298)
  • 161074 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for cloud-init (ELSA-2023-6371)
  • 161153 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for cloud-init (ELSA-2023-6943)
  • 199308 Ubuntu Security Notification for Cloud-init Vulnerability (USN-6042-1)
  • 242333 Red Hat Update for cloud-init security (RHSA-2023:6371)
  • 242416 Red Hat Update for cloud-init security (RHSA-2023:6943)
  • 284157 Fedora Security Update for cloud (FEDORA-2023-c17dde4052)
  • 355421 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for cloud-init : ALAS2023-2023-196
  • 503153 Alpine Linux Security Update for cloud-init
  • 505994 Alpine Linux Security Update for cloud-init
  • 673280 EulerOS Security Update for cloud-init (EulerOS-SA-2023-2576)
  • 673307 EulerOS Security Update for cloud-init (EulerOS-SA-2023-2606)
  • 673422 EulerOS Security Update for cloud-init (EulerOS-SA-2023-2855)
  • 673451 EulerOS Security Update for cloud-init (EulerOS-SA-2023-3116)
  • 673561 EulerOS Security Update for cloud-init (EulerOS-SA-2023-2805)
  • 674039 EulerOS Security Update for cloud-init (EulerOS-SA-2023-2838)
  • 674094 EulerOS Security Update for cloud-init (EulerOS-SA-2023-2781)
  • 691158 Free Berkeley Software Distribution (FreeBSD) Security Update for cloud (02562a78-e6b7-11ed-b0ce-b42e991fc52e)
  • 755608 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for cloud-init (SUSE-SU-2024:0128-1)
  • 907038 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for cloud-init (26342-1)
  • 907066 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for cloud-init (26343-1)
  • 941354 AlmaLinux Security Update for cloud-init (ALSA-2023:6371)
  • 941443 AlmaLinux Security Update for cloud-init (ALSA-2023:6943)
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