CVE-2023-1786 (GCVE-0-2023-1786)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-04-26 22:23 – Updated: 2025-02-13 16:39
VLAI
Title
sensitive data exposure in cloud-init logs
Summary
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.
Severity
5.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Canonical Ltd. cloud-init Affected: 0 , < 23.1.2 (semver)
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Date Public
2023-04-26 00:00
Credits
James Golovich
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