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CVE-2022-2084

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2022-2084 describes a sensitive data exposure vulnerability in cloud-init versions prior to 22.3, where schema failures can lead to world-readable logs containing hashed passwords. This local vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.5 (Medium), indicating that an attacker with local access could potentially compromise user data. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 22.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:canonical:cloud-init:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
18.04CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
20.04CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
21.10CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:21.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
22.04CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

5.5MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.24%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
14.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0024 is in the 64th percentile among its peer group of 15,938 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (5)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: cm1 cloud-init 21.4-4 on CBL Mariner 1.0Fixed in: 21.4-4
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 18424-16820Fixed in: 21.4-4
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: CBL Mariner 1.0 x64Fixed in: 21.4-4
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: CBL Mariner 1.0 ARMFixed in: 21.4-4

Vendor Advisories (3)

microsoft2023-Jul/CVE-2022-2084

CVE-2022-2084

Jul 11, 2023
redhatCVE-2022-2084Moderate

cloud-init: vulnerable to expose sensitive information

Apr 20, 2023
microsoft2023-Apr/CVE-2022-2084Moderate

sensitive data exposure in cloud-init logs

Apr 11, 2023

References

github.com / canonical/cloud-init/commit/4d467b14363d800b2185b89790d57871f11ea88c
Patch
ubuntu.com / security/notices/USN-5496-1
Broken Link