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TI-2023-03924 Aliases CVE-2023-4237GHSA-ww3m-ffrm-qvqv

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

Priority LOW 34CWE-497Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Local
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Information disclosure
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · High
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA, GitHub and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-497.

Summary

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.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.00252 16th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.4 for RHEL 8 (Red Hat): 1.0.0-423Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.4 for RHEL 9 (Red Hat): 1.0.0-424

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
Red HatRed Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.4 for RHEL 8——Not affectedCNA
Red HatRed Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.4 for RHEL 8—1.0.0-423Patch availableCNA
Red HatRed Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.4 for RHEL 9——Not affectedCNA
Red HatRed Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.4 for RHEL 9—1.0.0-424Patch availableCNA
—ansible-core (PyPI)2.8.0 – 2.15.2—No fix listedGHSA-ww3m-ffrm-qvqv
  • Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.4 for RHEL 8 VendorRed Hat Affected — Fixed in — Not affected CNA
  • Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.4 for RHEL 8 VendorRed Hat Affected — Fixed in 1.0.0-423 Patch available CNA
  • Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.4 for RHEL 9 VendorRed Hat Affected — Fixed in — Not affected CNA
  • Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.4 for RHEL 9 VendorRed Hat Affected — Fixed in 1.0.0-424 Patch available CNA
  • ansible-core (PyPI) Vendor— Affected 2.8.0 – 2.15.2 Fixed in — No fix listed GHSA-ww3m-ffrm-qvqv

CPE configurations NVD · 2

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.0VulnerableRed Hat
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_collection:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*all versionsVulnerableRed Hat
  • cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.0 Vulnerable ·Red Hat
  • cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_collection:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions all versions Vulnerable ·Red Hat

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.4 for RHEL 8 (Red Hat) Fixed in 1.0.0-423
  • Fix · CNA Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.4 for RHEL 9 (Red Hat) Fixed in 1.0.0-424

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.4 for RHEL 8Fixed—
Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.4 for RHEL 9Fixed—
Not affected: 2 products
  • Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.4 for RHEL 8
  • Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.4 for RHEL 9

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2023-4237
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-ww3m-ffrm-qvqv

References

Advisory 5

Other 1

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  • TI-2026-35991 Starlette has missing Host header validation that poisons request.url.path, bypassing path-based security checks KEVCVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
  • TI-2026-34281 JavaScript Cookie: Per-instance prototype hijack in assign() enables cookie-attribute injection CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2026-28834 jq: Out-of-Bounds Read in jv_parse_sized() Error Formatting for Non-NUL-Terminated Counted Buffers CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 6.9
  • TI-2026-32429 Axios: Credential Theft and Response Hijacking via Prototype Pollution Gadget in Config Merge CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.7
  • TI-2023-27712 Python-cryptography: bleichenbacher timing oracle attack against rsa decryption - incomplete fix for cve-2020-25659 CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
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