Information Exposure Through Log Files Affecting cloud-init package, versions <23.1-150100.8.66.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.26% (18th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES153-CLOUDINIT-6356355
  • published3 Mar 2024
  • disclosed11 Aug 2023

Introduced: 11 Aug 2023

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

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.3 cloud-init to version 23.1-150100.8.66.1 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 SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:15.3 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