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Permalink CVE-2021-3429
5.5 MEDIUM
  • CVSS version: 3.1
  • Attack vector (AV): LOCAL
  • Attack complexity (AC): LOW
  • Privileges required (PR): LOW
  • User interaction (UI): NONE
  • Scope (S): UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality impact (C): HIGH
  • Integrity impact (I): NONE
  • Availability impact (A): NONE
created 1 year, 2 months ago
sensitive data exposure in cloud-init logs

When instructing cloud-init to set a random password for a new user account, versions before 21.2 would write that password to the world-readable log file /var/log/cloud-init-output.log. This could allow a local user to log in as another user.

Affected products

cloud-init
  • <21.2

Matching in nixpkgs

pkgs.cloud-init

Provides configuration and customization of cloud instance

  • nixos-unstable 24.2
    • nixpkgs-unstable 24.2
    • nixos-unstable-small 24.2

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