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.
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alma_linux | — | Upgrade cloud-init | May 4, 2022 | Aug 10, 2021 |
| Alpine Linux | — | Upgrade cloud-init | Aug 22, 2024 | Apr 19, 2023 |
| Amazon Linux Ami 2 | — | Upgrade cloud-init | Mar 22, 2021 | Mar 22, 2021 |
| Amazon_linux | — | Upgrade cloud-init | Mar 20, 2021 | Mar 18, 2021 |
| Centos_linux | — | Upgrade cloud-init | Aug 12, 2021 | Aug 10, 2021 |
| Debian | — | Upgrade cloud-init | Mar 22, 2021 | Mar 22, 2021 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp8 | — | Upgrade cloud-init | Nov 2, 2021 | Nov 2, 2021 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp9 | — | Upgrade cloud-init | Nov 12, 2021 | Nov 2, 2021 |
| Oracle_linux | — | Upgrade cloud-init | Aug 12, 2021 | Mar 23, 2021 |
| Redhat_linux | — | No solution existsUpgrade cloud-init | Aug 12, 2021 | Aug 10, 2021 |
| Rocky_linux | — | — | Aug 15, 2024 | Apr 19, 2023 |
| Suse | — | Upgrade cloud-initUpgrade cloud-init-config-suse | May 11, 2023 | Apr 19, 2023 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade cloud-init | Nov 19, 2024 | Apr 19, 2023 |
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