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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2023-1786

Sensitive data could be exposed in logs of cloud-init before version 23.1.2.

MEDIUM 5.5EPSS 0.26%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.26%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

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.

CVSS 3.1
5.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
EPSS
0.26% probability · 18th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-532
Affected
canonical/cloud-init · canonical/ubuntu linux · fedoraproject/fedora
Source
security@ubuntu.com

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.