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CVE-2021-3429

sensitive data exposure in cloud-init logs PUBLISHED

Description (CNA)

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 (CNA)

Vendor / productVersions
Canonical Ltd. / cloud-initaffected 0 before 21.2

CWE

CWE-532

References

ADP enrichment

CVE

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CISA-ADP

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