CVE-2023-4237

high

Description

A flaw was found in the Ansible Automation Platform. When creating a new keypair, the ec2_key module prints out the private key directly to the standard output. This flaw allows an attacker to fetch those keys from the log files, compromising the system's confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

References

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2229979

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-4237

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2023:5666

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2023:5653

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2023-10-04

Updated: 2023-12-01

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: High