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6 vulnerabilities found for cloud-init by Canonical Ltd.

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
CWE
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Canonical Ltd. cloud-init Affected: 0 , < 23.1.2 (semver)
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Credits
James Golovich
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CVE-2022-2084 (GCVE-0-2022-2084)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-04-19 21:47 – Updated: 2025-02-05 14:42
VLAI?
Title
sensitive data exposure in cloud-init logs
Summary
Sensitive data could be exposed in world readable logs of cloud-init before version 22.3 when schema failures are reported. This leak could include hashed passwords.
Severity ?
5.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CWE
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Canonical Ltd. cloud-init Affected: 0 , < 23.0 (semver)
Create a notification for this product.
Credits
Mike Stroyan
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CVE-2021-3429 (GCVE-0-2021-3429)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-04-19 21:42 – Updated: 2025-02-05 14:44
VLAI?
Title
sensitive data exposure in cloud-init logs
Summary
When instructing cloud-init to set a random password for a new user account, versions before 21.2 would write that password to the world-readable log file /var/log/cloud-init-output.log. This could allow a local user to log in as another user.
Severity ?
5.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CWE
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Canonical Ltd. cloud-init Affected: 0 , < 21.2 (semver)
Create a notification for this product.
Credits
Carl Pearson
Show details on NVD website
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CVE-2023-1786 (GCVE-0-2023-1786)

Vulnerability from nvd – 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
CWE
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Canonical Ltd. cloud-init Affected: 0 , < 23.1.2 (semver)
Create a notification for this product.
Credits
James Golovich
Show details on NVD website
To clipboard 

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CVE-2022-2084 (GCVE-0-2022-2084)

Vulnerability from nvd – Published: 2023-04-19 21:47 – Updated: 2025-02-05 14:42
VLAI?
Title
sensitive data exposure in cloud-init logs
Summary
Sensitive data could be exposed in world readable logs of cloud-init before version 22.3 when schema failures are reported. This leak could include hashed passwords.
Severity ?
5.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CWE
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Canonical Ltd. cloud-init Affected: 0 , < 23.0 (semver)
Create a notification for this product.
Credits
Mike Stroyan
Show details on NVD website
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CVE-2021-3429 (GCVE-0-2021-3429)

Vulnerability from nvd – Published: 2023-04-19 21:42 – Updated: 2025-02-05 14:44
VLAI?
Title
sensitive data exposure in cloud-init logs
Summary
When instructing cloud-init to set a random password for a new user account, versions before 21.2 would write that password to the world-readable log file /var/log/cloud-init-output.log. This could allow a local user to log in as another user.
Severity ?
5.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CWE
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Canonical Ltd. cloud-init Affected: 0 , < 21.2 (semver)
Create a notification for this product.
Credits
Carl Pearson
Show details on NVD website
To clipboard 

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