CVE-2022-3697

HIGH

7.5

CVSS Score

Published: October 28, 2022 at 12:00 AM UTC

Updated: June 17, 2026 at 05:00 AM UTC

2 products affected across 1 vendorAnsibleAnsible Collection

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Severity

HIGH7.5

Exploit prediction

EPSS 0.9%

Description

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.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Ansible · Red Hat

95%

v < 2.0.02.1.0 ≤ v < 5.1.02.5.0 ≤ v < 2.102.5.0 ≤ v < 2.10.0

Affected range stops below 2.0.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below 2.10, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below 2.10.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below 5.1.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Ansible Collection · Red Hat

95%

v < 2.0.02.1.0 ≤ v < 5.1.02.5.0 ≤ v < 2.10

Affected range stops below 2.0.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below 2.10, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below 5.1.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.

References (2)

Third Party Advisory

Source: [email protected]

https://github.com/ansible-collections/amazon.aws/pull/1199

Source: [email protected]

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/12/msg00018.html

CVSS

7.5HIGH[email protected]

Attack Vector: NETWORK
Complexity: LOW
Privileges: NONE
User Interaction: NONE
Scope: UNCHANGED
Confidentiality: HIGH
Integrity: NONE
Availability: NONE

Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED

CWE

CWE-233NVD-CWE-Other

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