CVE-2021-3429
sensitive data exposure in cloud-init logs
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 5.5 Medium
- Published
- Apr 19, 2023
- Updated
- Feb 5, 2025
- Reserved
- Mar 10, 2021
Description
When instructing cloud-init to set a random password for a new user account, versions before 21.2 would write that password to the world-readable log file /var/log/cloud-init-output.log. This could allow a local user to log in as another user.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 5.5 Medium | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N | canonical |
| 3.1 | 5.5 Medium | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N | CISA-ADP |
Weaknesses
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
cloud-initCanonical Ltd. |
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References
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