What is CVE-2022-2084?

CVE-2022-2084 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Canonical Ltd. Cloud-Init, classified under Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2023-04-19.

How severe is CVE-2022-2084?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

Information disclosure in Canonical Ltd. Cloud-Init

CVE-2022-2084

Sensitive data could be exposed in world readable logs of cloud-init before version 22.3 when schema failures are reported. This leak could include hashed passwords.

Published 2023-04-19 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.002 (13.1th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 13th percentile — 13.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.002 · newest: 0.002 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Canonical Ltd. Cloud-Init — versions 0
Canonical Cloud-Init
Canonical Ubuntu Linux — versions 18.04, 20.04, 21.10

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-532 — Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File

References

github.com/canonical/cloud-init/commit/4d467b14363d800b2185b89790d57871f11ea88c (Patch, patch)
ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5496-1 (vendor-advisory, Broken Link)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-2084?: CVE-2022-2084 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Canonical Ltd. Cloud-Init, classified under Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2023-04-19.
How severe is CVE-2022-2084?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.