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
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 , < 21.2 (semver)
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Date Public
2021-03-26 00:00
Credits
Carl Pearson
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