UBUNTU-CVE-2022-3697

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2022-3697

    Published: 28 Oct 2022Last Modified: 17 Oct 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2022-3697
    Aliases:
    USN-6846-1

    Summary:

    Details: A flaw was found in Ansible in the amazon.aws collection when using the tower_callback parameter from the amazon.aws.ec2_instance module. This flaw allows an attacker to take advantage of this issue as the module is handling the parameter insecurely, leading to the password leaking in the logs.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-3697, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2137664, https://github.com/ansible-collections/amazon.aws/pull/1199, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-3697, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6846-1

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: ansible

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/ansible?arch=source&distro=esm-apps%2Fbionic

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2.5.1+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1+esm2

    Affected versions

    2.3.1.0+dfsg-2

    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