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CVE-2021-3429

MEDIUM · CVSS 5.5 EPSS 0.22% Public Exploit

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2023-04-19 · Last synced 2026-08-04

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CVE
CVE-2021-3429
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
5.5
EPSS
0.22%

Original NVD 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.

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