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Unscored USN-6042-2 0 CVEs

cloud-init regression

Published May 23, 2023 · Updated Feb 10, 2026

Summary

USN-6042-1 fixed a vulnerability in Cloud-init. The update introduced a
regression on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS resulting in a possible loss of networking.
This update fixes the problem.

We apologize for the inconvenience.

Original advisory details:

James Golovich discovered that sensitive data could be exposed in logs. An
attacker could use this information to find hashed passwords and possibly
escalate their privilege.

Fixed packages 1

ReleasePackageFixed in
Ubuntu · 20.04 LTS 20.04:LTS cloud-init 23.1.2-0ubuntu0~20.04.2

References

  • report
    https://launchpad.net/bugs/2020375