vulnerability
Ubuntu: USN-6042-1 (CVE-2023-1786): Cloud-init vulnerability
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | (AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:N/A:N) | Apr 26, 2023 | May 1, 2023 | Mar 27, 2026 |
Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:N/A:N)
Published
Apr 26, 2023
Added
May 1, 2023
Modified
Mar 27, 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
ubuntu-upgrade-cloud-init
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