CVE-2022-3697 — A flaw was found in Ansible in the amazon

A flaw was found in Ansible in the amazon.aws collection when using the tower_callback parameter from the amazon.aws.ec2_instance module. This flaw allows an attacker to take advantage of this issue as the module is handling the parameter insecurely, leading to the password leaki

01What is this vulnerability?

A flaw was found in Ansible in the amazon.aws collection when using the tower_callback parameter from the amazon.aws.ec2_instance module. This flaw allows an attacker to take advantage of this issue as the module is handling the parameter insecurely, leading to the password leaking in the logs.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
n	a / ansible, ansible community.aws, ansible amazon.aws	ansible from 2.5.0 before 2.10, ansible community.aws before 2.0.0, ansible amazon.aws from 2.1.0 before 5.1.0

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2022-10-28T00:00:00.000Z
• Last modified: 2025-02-13T16:32:52.283Z

09References

• github.com — https://github.com/ansible-collections/amazon.aws/pull/1199
• lists.debian.org — https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/12/msg00018.html