ALSA-2023:6371

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    ALSA-2023:6371

    Published: 7 Nov 2023Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026
    Aliases:
    CVE-2023-1786

    Summary: Moderate: cloud-init security, bug fix, and enhancement update

    Details: The cloud-init packages provide a set of init scripts for cloud instances. Cloud instances need special scripts to run during initialization to retrieve and install SSH keys, and to let the user run various scripts. Security Fix(es): * cloud-init: sensitive data could be exposed in logs (CVE-2023-1786) For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section. Additional Changes: For detailed information on changes in this release, see the AlmaLinux Release Notes linked from the References section.

    References: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:6371, https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-1786, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2190079, https://errata.almalinux.org/9/ALSA-2023-6371.html

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: cloud-init

    Purl: pkg:rpm/almalinux/cloud-init

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -23.1.1-11.el9.alma.1

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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