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Vulnerability details: VCID-x6mu-2u8u-6yae
Vulnerability ID VCID-x6mu-2u8u-6yae
Aliases CVE-2022-3697
GHSA-cpx3-93w7-457x
Summary 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.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 8.0
Risk 4.0
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (3)
CWE-233 Improper Handling of Parameters
CWE-1035 OWASP Top Ten 2017 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
CWE-937 OWASP Top Ten 2013 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
System Score Found at
cvssv3 5.7 https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2022-3697.json
epss 0.00103 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-3697
epss 0.00103 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-3697
epss 0.00103 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-3697
epss 0.00103 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-3697
epss 0.00103 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-3697
epss 0.00103 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-3697
epss 0.00103 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-3697
epss 0.00103 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-3697
epss 0.00103 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-3697
epss 0.00103 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-3697
epss 0.00103 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-3697
epss 0.00103 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-3697
epss 0.00103 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-3697
epss 0.00103 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-3697
epss 0.00103 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-3697
epss 0.00103 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-3697
epss 0.00103 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-3697
epss 0.00103 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-3697
epss 0.00103 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-3697
epss 0.0011 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-3697
epss 0.0011 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-3697
epss 0.0011 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-3697
epss 0.0011 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-3697
epss 0.0011 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-3697
epss 0.0011 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-3697
epss 0.0011 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-3697
epss 0.0011 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-3697
epss 0.0011 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-3697
epss 0.0011 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-3697
cvssv3.1 5.7 https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
cvssv3.1_qr HIGH https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-cpx3-93w7-457x
cvssv3.1 7.5 https://github.com/ansible/ansible
generic_textual HIGH https://github.com/ansible/ansible
cvssv3.1 7.5 https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/35749
generic_textual HIGH https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/35749
cvssv3.1 7.5 https://github.com/ansible-collections/amazon.aws/pull/1199
generic_textual HIGH https://github.com/ansible-collections/amazon.aws/pull/1199
cvssv3.1 7.5 https://github.com/ansible-community/ansible-build-data/blob/main/6/CHANGELOG-v6.rst
generic_textual HIGH https://github.com/ansible-community/ansible-build-data/blob/main/6/CHANGELOG-v6.rst
cvssv3.1 7.5 https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/12/msg00018.html
generic_textual HIGH https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/12/msg00018.html
cvssv3.1 7.5 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-3697
generic_textual HIGH https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-3697
Reference id Reference type URL
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2022-3697.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-3697
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-3697
https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
https://github.com/ansible/ansible
https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/35749
https://github.com/ansible-collections/amazon.aws/pull/1199
https://github.com/ansible-community/ansible-build-data/blob/main/6/CHANGELOG-v6.rst
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/12/msg00018.html
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-3697
2137664 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2137664
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_collection:*:*:*:*:*:aws:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_collection:*:*:*:*:*:aws:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_collection:*:*:*:*:*:community_aws:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_collection:*:*:*:*:*:community_aws:*:*
GHSA-cpx3-93w7-457x https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-cpx3-93w7-457x
USN-6846-1 https://usn.ubuntu.com/6846-1/
No exploits are available.
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N Found at https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2022-3697.json
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N Found at https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N Found at https://github.com/ansible/ansible
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N Found at https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/35749
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N Found at https://github.com/ansible-collections/amazon.aws/pull/1199
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N Found at https://github.com/ansible-community/ansible-build-data/blob/main/6/CHANGELOG-v6.rst
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N Found at https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/12/msg00018.html
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-3697
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Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.29101
EPSS Score 0.00103
Published At July 30, 2025, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2025-07-31T08:36:38.352558+00:00 Ubuntu USN Importer Import https://usn.ubuntu.com/6846-1/ 37.0.0