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 output. This flaw allows an attacker to fetch those keys from the log files, compromising the system's confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

CVSS v3 7.8 HIGH

7.8^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.8 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2023:5653
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2023:5666
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-4237	Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2229979	Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform:2.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_collection::::::::

History

18 Nov 2023, 11:15

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
References		() https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2023:5653 - () https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2023:5666 -

10 Oct 2023, 18:51

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
References	~~(MISC) https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-4237 -~~	(MISC) https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-4237 - Vendor Advisory
References	~~(MISC) https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2229979 -~~	(MISC) https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2229979 - Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
CPE		cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform:2.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_collection::::::::
CWE		NVD-CWE-Other
First Time		Redhat ansible Automation Platform Redhat ansible Collection Redhat
CVSS	v2 : ~~unknown~~ v3 : ~~unknown~~	v2 : unknown v3 : 7.8

04 Oct 2023, 15:53

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2023-10-04 15:15

Updated : 2024-02-28 20:33

NVD link : CVE-2023-4237

Mitre link : CVE-2023-4237

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2023-4237

JSON object : View

Products Affected

redhat

ansible_collection
ansible_automation_platform

CWE

NVD-CWE-Other CWE-497

Exposure of Sensitive System Information to an Unauthorized Control Sphere

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