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Type: advisorySources: OSVAdvisory ID: DEBIAN-CVE-2022-3697

A flaw was found in Ansible in the amazon.aws collection when using the tower_callback parameter from the amazon.aws.ec2_instance module. This flaw allows an attacker to take advantage of this issue as the module is handling the parameter insecurely, leading to the password leaking in the logs.

Products
ansible
Affected versions
Not specified
Fixed versions
7.0.0+dfsg-1
CVEs
CVE-2022-3697
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
30 Oct 2026, 14:58 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

DEBIAN-CVE-2022-3697

core-osv · Original source

Published 28 Oct 2022, 16:15 UTC

A flaw was found in Ansible in the amazon.aws collection when using the tower_callback parameter from the amazon.aws.ec2_instance module. This flaw allows an attacker to take advantage of this issue as the module is handling the parameter insecurely, leading to the password leaking in the logs.

osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2022-3697

ansible

Fixed versions: 7.0.0+dfsg-1

ansible

Fixed versions: 7.0.0+dfsg-1

ansible

Fixed versions: 7.0.0+dfsg-1

Complete source record
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