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CVE-2023-4237

24
FAUCET Score

CVE-2023-4237 is a high-severity vulnerability affecting Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform and Ansible Collection. The flaw causes the ec2_key module to print private keys directly to standard output when generating new keypairs, making them discoverable in log files. This local attack vector (CVSS 7.8) allows an authenticated attacker to compromise system confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is currently no known active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_collection:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.3HIGH

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 Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.3
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.24%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
15.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0024 is in the 47th percentile among its peer group of 17,070 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (5)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.4 for RHEL 8
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.4 for RHEL 8Fixed in: ansible-automation-platform-24/ee-supported-rhel8:1.0.0-423
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.4 for RHEL 9
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.4 for RHEL 9Fixed in: ansible-automation-platform-24/ee-supported-rhel9:1.0.0-424
View patch
redhatvendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

Vendor Advisories (2)

pipGHSA-ww3m-ffrm-qvqvmedium

Ansible may expose private key

Oct 4, 2023
redhatCVE-2023-4237Moderate

platform: ec2_key module prints out the private key directly to the standard output

Aug 8, 2023

References

security.netapp.com / advisory/ntap-20241025-0002
access.redhat.com / errata/RHBA-2023:5653
access.redhat.com / errata/RHBA-2023:5666
access.redhat.com / security/cve/CVE-2023-4237
Vendor Advisory
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingVendor Advisory