{"id":"CVE-2023-1786","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2023-1786","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T17:45:13.345Z","title":"Sensitive data could be exposed in logs of cloud-init before version 23.1.2.","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.","published":"2023-04-26T23:15:09.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T05:28:45.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"security@ubuntu.com","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":5.5,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N"},"cwe":["CWE-532"],"affected":["canonical/cloud-init","canonical/ubuntu linux","fedoraproject/fedora"],"epss":{"score":0.00263,"percentile":0.18042,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.26%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://bugs.launchpad.net/cloud-init/+bug/2013967","tags":["Issue Tracking"],"source":"security@ubuntu.com"},{"url":"https://github.com/canonical/cloud-init/commit/a378b7e4f47375458651c0972e7cd813f6fe0a6b","tags":["Patch"],"source":"security@ubuntu.com"},{"url":"https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ATBJSXPL2IOAD2LDQRKWPLIC7QXS44GZ/","tags":["Mailing List","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"security@ubuntu.com"},{"url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6042-1","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"security@ubuntu.com"},{"url":"https://bugs.launchpad.net/cloud-init/+bug/2013967","tags":["Issue Tracking"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://github.com/canonical/cloud-init/commit/a378b7e4f47375458651c0972e7cd813f6fe0a6b","tags":["Patch"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ATBJSXPL2IOAD2LDQRKWPLIC7QXS44GZ/","tags":["Mailing List","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6042-1","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-1786","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}