5.5

CVE-2022-2084: canonical ltd. cloud-init

CVSS: 5.5v3.1MediumModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2022-2084USN-5496-1DEBIAN-CVE-2022-2084
Published 19-04-2023Last modified 05-02-2025
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2022-2084 is a medium (CVSS 5.5) vulnerability in canonical ltd. cloud-init. EPSS estimates a 0.24% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 13.6% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
22/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
5.5/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.24%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 1 · Related 1
SUSE-SU-2023:2628-1

Timeline

  1. 19-04-2023
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 05-02-2025
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Sensitive data could be exposed in world readable logs of cloud-init before version 22.3 when schema failures are reported. This leak could include hashed passwords.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 4 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.24%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

14%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.24% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
0.24%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Canonical2 products
Canonical ltd.1 product
Debian1 product
  • cloud-init< 22.2-2
Opensuse1 product
  • cloud-init&distro=openSUSE Tumbleweed< 23.1-1.1
Ubuntu1 product
  • cloud-init< 22.2-0ubuntu1~18.04.3 | < 22.2-0ubuntu1~20.04.3 | < 22.2-0ubuntu1~22.04.3

5 vendors · 6 products

References

7 links