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CVE-2023-4237

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CVE-2023-4237

Published: Oct 4, 2023

Modified: Feb 25, 2026

PUBLISHED

CVSS v3.1

7.3

HIGH

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.

VendorProductVersions

Red Hat

Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.4 for RHEL 8

All versions

Red Hat

Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.4 for RHEL 8

unaffected
1.0.0-423 - < *

Red Hat

Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.4 for RHEL 9

All versions

Red Hat

Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.4 for RHEL 9

unaffected
1.0.0-424 - < *

Weaknesses (CWE)

CVSS v3.1 Details

CVSS v3.1 Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

References

RHBA-2023:5653
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_REDHAT
RHBA-2023:5666
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_REDHAT
RHBZ#2229979
issue-tracking
x_refsource_REDHAT

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