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CVE-2023-4237 — A flaw was found in the Ansible Automation Platform

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, in

CVSS
7.3 HIGH
EPSS
0.07% (top 78.50%)
CWE
CWE-497
Published
2023-10-04T14:23:20.710Z
Last modified
2026-02-25T18:31:55.136Z
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

01What is this vulnerability?

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.

02Affected products

VendorProductVersions
Red HatRed Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.4 for RHEL 8unspecified
Red HatRed Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.4 for RHEL 81.0.0-423
Red HatRed Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.4 for RHEL 9unspecified
Red HatRed Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.4 for RHEL 91.0.0-424

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

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

09References

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