CVE-2023-4237 (GCVE-0-2023-4237)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-10-04 14:23 – Updated: 2026-02-25 18:31
VLAI?
Title
Platform: ec2_key module prints out the private key directly to the standard output
Summary
A flaw was found in the Ansible Automation Platform. When creating a new keypair, the ec2_key module prints out the private key directly to the standard output. This flaw allows an attacker to fetch those keys from the log files, compromising the system's confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
Severity ?
7.3 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-497 - Exposure of Sensitive System Information to an Unauthorized Control Sphere
Assigner
References
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2023:5653 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2023:5666 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-4237 vdb-entryx_refsource_REDHAT
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2229979 issue-trackingx_refsource_REDHAT
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Red Hat Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.4 for RHEL 8     cpe:/a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform:2.4::el8
    cpe:/a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform:2.4::el9
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    Red Hat Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.4 for RHEL 8 Unaffected: 1.0.0-423 , < * (rpm)
    cpe:/a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform:2.4::el8
    cpe:/a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform_cloud_billing:2.4::el8
    cpe:/a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform:2.4::el9
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    Red Hat Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.4 for RHEL 9     cpe:/a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform:2.4::el8
    cpe:/a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform:2.4::el9
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    Red Hat Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.4 for RHEL 9 Unaffected: 1.0.0-424 , < * (rpm)
    cpe:/a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform:2.4::el8
    cpe:/a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform_cloud_billing:2.4::el8
    cpe:/a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform:2.4::el9
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Credits
Red Hat would like to thank Jill Rouleau (redhat) for reporting this issue.
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