CVE-2022-3697

highpriority · track · 30EPSS 0.009 · 60 %ileDEEURUUS

grimoire priorityP2 · Scheduled

Exploitable?

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no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

0.90% (60th) EPSS

CVSS 7.5 · high

Is it mine?

19 products

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Who says so?

6 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · osv

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

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.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

7.5

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 6.9–7.5

v3.17.5highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:Nprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.9 · impact 3.6

v3.17.5highAV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:Nsecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU

v3.17.5highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:Nsecondary · OSV

v3.16.9mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-233USCWE-233USCWE-233US

affected products (19)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

Debian Linuxall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:-
Open Source Ansibleall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:open_source:ansible:-
Ubuntu Linuxall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:-
n/a ansible, ansible community.aws, ansible amazon.aws≤ ansible community.aws before 2.0.0enisa_euvdEU
n/a ansible, ansible community.aws, ansible amazon.aws≤ ansible amazon.aws from 2.1.0 before 5.1.0enisa_euvdEU
n/a ansible, ansible community.aws, ansible amazon.aws≤ ansible from 2.5.0 before 2.10enisa_euvdEU
Red Hat, Inc. Ansible2.1.0 → 5.1.0fstec_bduRU
АО «НППКТ» ОСОН ОСнова Оnyx≤ 2.15fstec_bduRU
АО «Экзософт» VMmanager 6≤ 6.2.2026.05.2fstec_bduRU
ООО «Ред Софт» РЕД ОС≤ 7.3fstec_bduRU
ООО «РусБИТех-Астра» Astra Linux Common Edition≤ 1.6 «Смоленск»fstec_bduRU
ООО «РусБИТех-Астра» Astra Linux Special Edition≤ 1.7fstec_bduRU
Сообщество свободного программного обеспечения Debian GNU/Linux≤ 10fstec_bduRU
Сообщество свободного программного обеспечения Debian GNU/Linux≤ 12fstec_bduRU
Сообщество свободного программного обеспечения Debian GNU/Linux≤ 11fstec_bduRU
redhat ansible2.5.0 → 2.10.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat ansible collection< 2.0.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_collection:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat ansible collection2.1.0 → 5.1.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_collection:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
PyPI ansible2.5.0 → 7.0.0osvUSpkg:pypi/ansible

advisories (3)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

WID-SEC-W-2022-1899Ansible: Schwachstelle ermöglicht Offenlegung von InformationenDeutsch2022-10-30csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein entfernter, authentisierter Angreifer kann eine Schwachstelle in Ansible ausnutzen, um Informationen offenzulegen.
GHSA-cpx3-93w7-457xAnsible leaks password to logs2022-10-28ghsa · osvUS
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.
PYSEC-2026-768Ansible leaks password to logs2026-07-07vendor · osvUS
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.

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Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd fstec_bdu osv cert_bund nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2022-10-28modified 2026-10-08

references (9)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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