PT-2023-17244 · Unknown+10 · Cloud-Init+10

James Golovich · Published 2023-04-26 · Updated 2025-09-23 · CVE-2023-1786

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.5

Medium

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions cloud-init versions prior to 23.1.2

Description The issue allows sensitive data to be exposed in logs, which an attacker could use to find hashed passwords and possibly escalate their privilege.

Recommendations For versions prior to 23.1.2, update to version 23.1.2 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the logs to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Fix

Insertion into Log File

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-532

Related Identifiers

ALSA-2023:6371

ALSA-2023:6943

ALT-PU-2023-1755

ALT-PU-2024-16941

ALT-PU-2024-16943

AZL-26342

CESA-2023_6943

CVE-2023-1786

OESA-2023-1297

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:13053-1

RHSA-2023:6371

RHSA-2023:6943

RHSA-2023_6371

RHSA-2023_6943

SUSE-FU-2023:3283-1

SUSE-SU-2023:2164-1

SUSE-SU-2023:2628-1

SUSE-SU-2024:0128-1

SUSE-SU-2024_0128-1

SUSE-SU-2025:20656-1

SUSE-SU-2025:20755-1

USN-6042-1

USN-6042-2

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Almalinux

Astra Linux

Centos

Debian

Linuxmint

Red Hat

Red Os

Suse

Ubuntu

Cloud-Init

References · 87

• https://github.com/canonical/cloud-init/commit/a378b7e4f47375458651c0972e7cd813f6fe0a6b · Patch
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2024:13053-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6042-2 · Vendor Advisory
• https://errata.almalinux.org/8/ALSA-2023-6943.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-1786 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-FU-2023:3283-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2023-12299.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2024:0128-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-1786 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/AZL-26342 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2025:20656-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6042-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/ALSA-2023:6943 · Vendor Advisory
• https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2023-12298.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2023:2628-1 · Vendor Advisory