7.5

CVE-2022-3697: redhat ansible Improper Handling of Parameters

CVSS: 7.5v3.1HighModified
AliasesGHSA-cpx3-93w7-457xPYSEC-2026-768UBUNTU-CVE-2022-3697
Published 28-10-2022Last modified 13-02-2025
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2022-3697 is a high (CVSS 7.5) Improper Handling of Parameters vulnerability in redhat ansible. EPSS estimates a 0.78% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 55.1% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
30/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.5/10
010
High · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.78%
0%100%
Low · +0.01 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 2 · Related 1
DLA-3695-1USN-6846-1

Timeline

  1. 28-10-2022
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 13-02-2025
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

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.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 4 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.78%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

55%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

+0.01 pp

From 0.77% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score
0.78%

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

Redhat2 products
Ubuntu2 products
  • ansible< 2.5.1+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1+esm2 | < 2.9.6+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1~esm2 | < 2.10.7+merged+base+2.10.8+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1~esm4
  • ansible-coreAll versions (No fix recorded)
Debian1 product
  • ansible< 7.0.0+dfsg-1
PyPI1 product
  • ansible≥ 2.5.0, < 7.0.0

4 vendors · 6 products

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