CVE-2023-1786

MediumCVSS 5.5/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 5.5/10CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Weakness enumeration

CWE-532

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
Canonical Ltd.	cloud-init	< 23.1.2

References

https://bugs.launchpad.net/cloud-init/+bug/2013967Issue Tracking
https://github.com/canonical/cloud-init/commit/a378b7e4f47375458651c0972e7cd813f6fe0a6bPatch
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ATBJSXPL2IOAD2LDQRKWPLIC7QXS44GZ/Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6042-1Third Party Advisory
https://bugs.launchpad.net/cloud-init/+bug/2013967Issue Tracking
https://github.com/canonical/cloud-init/commit/a378b7e4f47375458651c0972e7cd813f6fe0a6bPatch
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ATBJSXPL2IOAD2LDQRKWPLIC7QXS44GZ/Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6042-1Third Party Advisory

Timeline

Published: Apr 26, 2023
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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