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Ubuntu: USN-5496-1 (CVE-2022-2084): cloud-init vulnerability

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Severity

CVSS

(AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:N/A:N)

Published

Jun 29, 2022

Added

Mar 22, 2023

Modified

Mar 27, 2026

Description

Sensitive data could be exposed in world readable logs of cloud-init before version 22.3 when schema failures are reported. This leak could include hashed passwords.

Solution

ubuntu-upgrade-cloud-init

References

CVE-2022-2084
https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2022-2084
CWE-532
EUVD-EUVD-2022-34374
UBUNTU-USN-5496-1
https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2022-34374

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