7.8
HIGH
CVE-2023-4237
Ansible Automation Platform Private Key Disclosure
Description

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.

INFO

Published Date :

Oct. 4, 2023, 3:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 21, 2024, 8:34 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

No

Impact Score :

5.9

Exploitability Score :

1.8
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2023-4237 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Redhat ansible_automation_platform
2 Redhat ansible_collection

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The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2023-4237 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2023:5653
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2023:5666
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-4237
    Added Reference https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2229979
    Added Reference https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20241025-0002/
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Dec. 01, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed CVSS V3.1 Red Hat, Inc. AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Added CVSS V3.1 Red Hat, Inc. AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 18, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference Red Hat, Inc. https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2023:5653 [No types assigned]
    Added Reference Red Hat, Inc. https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2023:5666 [No types assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 07, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CWE Red Hat, Inc. CWE-497
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Oct. 10, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-4237 No Types Assigned https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-4237 Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2229979 No Types Assigned https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2229979 Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
    Added CWE NIST NVD-CWE-Other
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_collection:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

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Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

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Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.04 }} -0.00%

score

0.05718

percentile

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