CVE-2023-4237: 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…

PriorityP341high7.8CVSS 3.1

AVLACLPRLUINSUCHIHAH

EPSS

0.24%

15.1th percentile

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.

Affected

6 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
debian	ansible	< ansible 7.7.0+dfsg-3+deb12u1 (bookworm)	ansible 7.7.0+dfsg-3+deb12u1 (bookworm)
redhat	ansible	>= 0 < 2.10.7+merged+base+2.10.17+dfsg-0+deb11u1	2.10.7+merged+base+2.10.17+dfsg-0+deb11u1
redhat	ansible	>= 0 < 7.7.0+dfsg-3+deb12u1	7.7.0+dfsg-3+deb12u1
redhat	ansible	>= 0 < 9.4.0+dfsg-1	9.4.0+dfsg-1
redhat	ansible	>= 0 < 9.4.0+dfsg-1	9.4.0+dfsg-1
redhat	ansible_automation_platform	—	—

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.17.8HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

osv7.8HIGH

vendor_debian7.3HIGH

vendor_redhat7.3HIGH

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