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CVE-2023-4237

Platform: ec2_key module prints out the private key directly to the standard output

Published: Oct 4, 2023Updated: Nov 21, 2024 Sources: CVE List NVD GHSA BDUCWE-497
NVD MITRE
7.3CVSSHIGH
EPSS Score
0.2%
Top 85.3%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available

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.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:LAC:LPR:LUI:RS:UC:HI:HA:H
Exploitability
AV:LAttack Vector
Local
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:LPrivileges Required
Low
UI:RUser Interaction
Required
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:HConfidentiality
High
I:HIntegrity
High
A:HAvailability
High
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Weaknesses

CWE-497NVD-CWE-Other

Affected Products

Debian GNU/LinuxСообщество свободного программного обеспечения
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
Astra Linux Special EditionООО «РусБИТех-Астра»
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
AnsibleRed Hat Inc.
On-premDev Tool
DevTools & CI / ci-cd
Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.4 for RHEL 8Red Hat
On-prem
Operating Systems / linux-distro
Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.4 for RHEL 9Red Hat
On-prem
Operating Systems / linux-distro
сообщество свободного программного обеспеченияoss-projectOperating Systemsaka сообщество свободного программного обеспечения, fsf
ооо «русбитех-астра»commercialRUOperating Systemsaka rusbitech-astra
red hat inc.commercialUSOperating Systemsaka red hat
red hatcommercialUSOperating Systemsaka red hat
and 3 more affected products View all →

Exploitability

Official Patch Available

References

https://github.com/ansible-collections/amazon.aws/commit/1a077fb3a15241db8964dc086d3b15370bbd1e4a
github.com
https://github.com/ansible-collections/amazon.aws/pull/1704
github.com
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-4237
nvd.nist.gov
and 9 more references View all →

Timeline

Published
Oct 4, 2023
Last Updated
Nov 21, 2024

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