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Debian: CVE-2023-1786: cloud-init -- security update

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:N/A:N)
Published
Apr 26, 2023
Added
May 15, 2025
Modified
Mar 30, 2026

Description

Sensitive data could be exposed in logs of cloud-init before version 23.1.2. An attacker could use this information to find hashed passwords and possibly escalate their privilege.

Solution

no-fix-debian-deb-package
Title
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