USN-5496-1

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    USN-5496-1

    Published: 29 Jun 2022Last Modified: 10 Feb 2026

    Summary: cloud-init vulnerability

    Details: Mike Stroyan discovered that cloud-init could log password hashes when reporting schema failures. An attacker with access to these logs could potentially use this to gain user credentials.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5496-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-2084

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: cloud-init

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]~18.04.3?arch=source&distro=bionic

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -22.2-0ubuntu1~18.04.3

    Affected versions

    17.1-18-gd4f70470-0ubuntu1

    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
    USN-5496-1 | CVE-DB