Security Advisory

CVE-2021-3429

5.5
MEDIUM

Vulnerability Description

When instructing cloud-init to set a random password for a new user account, versions before 21.2 would write that password to the world-readable log file /var/log/cloud-init-output.log. This could allow a local user to log in as another user.
Published Date April 19, 2023
Official Source NIST NVD Advisory