Information Exposure Through Log Files Affecting cloud-init package, versions <23.1.2-r0


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.26% (18th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ALPINE321-CLOUDINIT-8483356
  • published6 Dec 2024
  • disclosed26 Apr 2023

Introduced: 26 Apr 2023

CVE-2023-1786  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-532  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Alpine:3.21 cloud-init to version 23.1.2-r0 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream cloud-init package and not the cloud-init package as distributed by Alpine. See How to fix? for Alpine:3.21 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1