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GHSA-ww3m-ffrm-qvqv Ansible may expose private key

MEDIUM Published 2023-10-04 Modified 2023-10-10 Official page ↗
Aliases
CVE-2023-4237
Ecosystem
PyPI
Packages
ansible-core
Severity
Moderate
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weaknesses
CWE-497
Reviewed
2023-10-10

Affected packages

• PyPI ansible-core: >= 2.8.0, <= 2.15.2 (no fix yet)

Description

A flaw was found in the Ansible Automation Platform. When creating a new keypair, the ec2_key module prints out the private key directly to the standard output. This flaw allows an attacker to fetch those keys from the log files, compromising the system's confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

Related

Alias · CVE (1)

  • CVE-2023-4237 A flaw was found in the Ansible Automation Platform. vulnerability

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-497 Exposure of Sensitive System Information to an Unauthorized Control Sphere weakness

References