5.5

CVE-2023-1786: canonical ltd. cloud-init

CVSS: 5.5v3.1MediumModified
AliasesSUSE-SU-2024:0128-1RHSA-2023:6371RHSA-2023:6943
Published 26-04-2023Last modified 13-02-2025
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2023-1786 is a medium (CVSS 5.5) vulnerability in canonical ltd. cloud-init. EPSS estimates a 0.26% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 17% 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
0.26%
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 6 · Related 6
OPENSUSE-SU-2024:13053-1SUSE-FU-2023:3283-1SUSE-SU-2023:2164-1SUSE-SU-2023:2628-1SUSE-SU-2025:20656-1SUSE-SU-2025:20755-1

Timeline

  1. 26-04-2023
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 13-02-2025
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Sensitive data could be exposed in logs of cloud-init before version 23.1.2. An attacker could use this information to find hashed passwords and possibly escalate their privilege.

CVSS metrics

5 scores · 5 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.26%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

17%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.26% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
0.26%

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

Suse5 products
  • cloud-init&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Public Cloud 15 SP1< 23.3-150100.8.71.1
  • cloud-init&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Public Cloud 15 SP2< 23.3-150100.8.71.1
  • cloud-init&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Public Cloud 15 SP3< 23.3-150100.8.71.1
  • cloud-init&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Public Cloud 15 SP4< 23.3-150100.8.71.1
  • cloud-init&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Public Cloud 15 SP5< 23.3-150100.8.71.1
Canonical2 products
Opensuse2 products
  • cloud-init&distro=openSUSE Leap 15.4< 23.3-150100.8.71.1
  • cloud-init&distro=openSUSE Leap 15.5< 23.3-150100.8.71.1
Canonical ltd.1 product
Debian1 product
  • cloud-initAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 23.2-1
Fedoraproject1 product
Redhat1 product
  • cloud-init< 0:23.1.1-11.el9 | < 0:23.1.1-10.el8
Ubuntu1 product
  • cloud-init< 21.1-19-gbad84ad4-0ubuntu1~16.04.4 | < 23.1.2-0ubuntu0~18.04.1 | < 23.1.2-0ubuntu0~20.04.1 | < 23.1.2-0ubuntu0~22.04.1

8 vendors · 14 products

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