The default cloud-init configuration, in cloud-init 0.6.2 and newer, included "ssh_deletekeys: 0", disabling cloud-init's deletion of ssh host keys. In some environments, this could lead to instances created by cloning a golden master or template system, sharing ssh host keys, and being able to impersonate one another or conduct man-in-the-middle attacks.

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 6 host has one or more packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability that has been acknowledged by the vendor but will not be patched.

  - cloud-init: default configuration disabled deletion of SSH host keys (CVE-2018-10896)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied on the package manager's report that the package is installed.

This plugin has been deprecated as it does not adhere to established standards for this style of check.

The remote Oracle Linux 7 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2020-3898 advisory.

    - Resolves: bz#1574338       (CVE-2018-10896 cloud-init: SSH host keys are not regenerated for the new instances [rhel-7])
    - Resolves: bz#1812170       (CVE-2020-8632 cloud-init: Too short random password length in cc_set_password in     config/cc_set_passwords.py [rhel-7])
    - Resolves: bz#1812173       (CVE-2020-8631 cloud-init: Use of random.choice when generating random password [rhel-7])

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Oracle Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

According to the versions of the cloud-init package installed, the EulerOS Virtualization installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerabilities :

  - The default cloud-init configuration, in cloud-init 0.6.2 and newer, included 'ssh_deletekeys: 0',     disabling cloud-init's deletion of ssh host keys. In some environments, this could lead to instances     created by cloning a golden master or template system, sharing ssh host keys, and being able to     impersonate one another or conduct man-in-the-middle attacks. (CVE-2018-10896)

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the EulerOS security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

According to the versions of the cloud-init package installed, the EulerOS installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerabilities :

  - The default cloud-init configuration, in cloud-init 0.6.2 and newer, included 'ssh_deletekeys: 0',     disabling cloud-init's deletion of ssh host keys. In some environments, this could lead to instances     created by cloning a golden master or template system, sharing ssh host keys, and being able to     impersonate one another or conduct man-in-the-middle attacks. (CVE-2018-10896)

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the EulerOS security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

The remote NewStart CGSL host, running version CORE 5.05 / MAIN 5.05, has cloud-init packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities:

  - The default cloud-init configuration, in cloud-init 0.6.2 and newer, included ssh_deletekeys: 0,     disabling cloud-init's deletion of ssh host keys. In some environments, this could lead to instances     created by cloning a golden master or template system, sharing ssh host keys, and being able to     impersonate one another or conduct man-in-the-middle attacks. (CVE-2018-10896)

  - A security feature bypass exists in Azure SSH Keypairs, due to a change in the provisioning logic for some     Linux images that use cloud-init, aka 'Azure SSH Keypairs Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability'.
    (CVE-2019-0816)

  - cloud-init through 19.4 relies on Mersenne Twister for a random password, which makes it easier for     attackers to predict passwords, because rand_str in cloudinit/util.py calls the random.choice function.
    (CVE-2020-8631)

  - In cloud-init through 19.4, rand_user_password in cloudinit/config/cc_set_passwords.py has a small default     pwlen value, which makes it easier for attackers to guess passwords. (CVE-2020-8632)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote NewStart CGSL host, running version CORE 5.04 / MAIN 5.04, has cloud-init packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities:

  - The default cloud-init configuration, in cloud-init 0.6.2 and newer, included ssh_deletekeys: 0,     disabling cloud-init's deletion of ssh host keys. In some environments, this could lead to instances     created by cloning a golden master or template system, sharing ssh host keys, and being able to     impersonate one another or conduct man-in-the-middle attacks. (CVE-2018-10896)

  - In cloud-init through 19.4, rand_user_password in cloudinit/config/cc_set_passwords.py has a small default     pwlen value, which makes it easier for attackers to guess passwords. (CVE-2020-8632)

  - cloud-init through 19.4 relies on Mersenne Twister for a random password, which makes it easier for     attackers to predict passwords, because rand_str in cloudinit/util.py calls the random.choice function.
    (CVE-2020-8631)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote NewStart CGSL host, running version MAIN 6.02, has cloud-init packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability:

  - The default cloud-init configuration, in cloud-init 0.6.2 and newer, included ssh_deletekeys: 0,     disabling cloud-init's deletion of ssh host keys. In some environments, this could lead to instances     created by cloning a golden master or template system, sharing ssh host keys, and being able to     impersonate one another or conduct man-in-the-middle attacks. (CVE-2018-10896)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote CentOS Linux 8 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the CESA-2020:3050 advisory.

  - cloud-init: default configuration disabled deletion of SSH host keys (CVE-2018-10896)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The version of cloud-init installed on the remote host is prior to 19.3-4. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALAS2-2021-1576 advisory.

    The default cloud-init configuration included ssh_deletekeys: 0, disabling cloud-init's deletion of ssh     host keys. In some environments, this could lead to instances created by cloning a golden master or     template system, sharing ssh host keys, and being able to impersonate one another or conduct man-in-the-     middle attacks. (CVE-2018-10896)

    A flaw was found in cloud-init, where it uses the random.choice function when creating sensitive random     strings used for generating a random password in new instances. Depending on the instance configuration, a     remote or local attacker may abuse this vulnerability to guess the password of the victim user.
    (CVE-2020-8631)

    A flaw was found in cloud-init, where it uses short passwords when generating a random password in new     instances. Depending on the instance configuration, a remote or local attacker may abuse this     vulnerability to guess the password of the victim user. (CVE-2020-8632)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the tested product security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

According to the version of the cloud-init package installed, the EulerOS installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerability :

  - The default cloud-init configuration, in cloud-init     0.6.2 and newer, included 'ssh_deletekeys: 0',     disabling cloud-init's deletion of ssh host keys. In     some environments, this could lead to instances created     by cloning a golden master or template system, sharing     ssh host keys, and being able to impersonate one     another or conduct man-in-the-middle     attacks.(CVE-2018-10896)

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the EulerOS security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Security Fix(es) :

  - cloud-init: Use of random.choice when generating random     password (CVE-2020-8631)

  - cloud-init: Too short random password length in     cc_set_password in config/cc_set_passwords.py     (CVE-2020-8632)

  - cloud-init: default configuration disabled deletion of     SSH host keys (CVE-2018-10896)

The remote CentOS Linux 7 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2020:3898 advisory.

  - The default cloud-init configuration, in cloud-init 0.6.2 and newer, included ssh_deletekeys: 0,     disabling cloud-init's deletion of ssh host keys. In some environments, this could lead to instances     created by cloning a golden master or template system, sharing ssh host keys, and being able to     impersonate one another or conduct man-in-the-middle attacks. (CVE-2018-10896)

  - cloud-init through 19.4 relies on Mersenne Twister for a random password, which makes it easier for     attackers to predict passwords, because rand_str in cloudinit/util.py calls the random.choice function.
    (CVE-2020-8631)

  - In cloud-init through 19.4, rand_user_password in cloudinit/config/cc_set_passwords.py has a small default     pwlen value, which makes it easier for attackers to guess passwords. (CVE-2020-8632)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2020:3898 advisory.

    The cloud-init packages provide a set of init scripts for cloud instances. Cloud instances need special     scripts to run during initialization to retrieve and install SSH keys, and to let the user run various     scripts.

    The following packages have been upgraded to a later upstream version: cloud-init (19.4). (BZ#1803094)

    Security Fix(es):

    * cloud-init: Use of random.choice when generating random password (CVE-2020-8631)

    * cloud-init: Too short random password length in cc_set_password in config/cc_set_passwords.py     (CVE-2020-8632)

    * cloud-init: default configuration disabled deletion of SSH host keys (CVE-2018-10896)

    For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and     other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

    Additional Changes:

    For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.9 Release Notes     linked from the References section.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

According to the version of the cloud-init package installed, the EulerOS Virtualization for ARM 64 installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerability :

  - The default cloud-init configuration, in cloud-init     0.6.2 and newer, included 'ssh_deletekeys: 0',     disabling cloud-init's deletion of ssh host keys. In     some environments, this could lead to instances created     by cloning a golden master or template system, sharing     ssh host keys, and being able to impersonate one     another or conduct man-in-the-middle     attacks.(CVE-2018-10896)

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the EulerOS security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2020:3644 advisory.

    The cloud-init packages provide a set of init scripts for cloud instances. Cloud instances need special     scripts to run during initialization to retrieve and install SSH keys, and to let the user run various     scripts.

    Security Fix(es):

    * cloud-init: default configuration disabled deletion of SSH host keys (CVE-2018-10896)

    For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and     other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2020:3050 advisory.

    The cloud-init packages provide a set of init scripts for cloud instances. Cloud instances need special     scripts to run during initialization to retrieve and install SSH keys, and to let the user run various     scripts.

    The following packages have been upgraded to a later upstream version: cloud-init (19.4). (BZ#1811912)

    Security Fix(es):

    * cloud-init: default configuration disabled deletion of SSH host keys (CVE-2018-10896)

    For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and     other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

    Additional Changes:

    For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Release Notes     linked from the References section.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
198715	RHEL 6 : cloud-init (Unpatched Vulnerability)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	high
195708	RHEL 6 : cloud-init (Unpatched Vulnerability) (deprecated)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	high
180994	Oracle Linux 7 : cloud-init (ELSA-2020-3898)	Nessus	Oracle Linux Local Security Checks	high
169607	EulerOS Virtualization 3.0.2.6 : cloud-init (EulerOS-SA-2023-1085)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	high
165898	EulerOS Virtualization 3.0.6.6 : cloud-init (EulerOS-SA-2022-2490)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	high
164599	Nutanix AOS : Multiple Vulnerabilities (NXSA-AOS-5.15.5)	Nessus	Misc.	critical
164584	Nutanix AOS : Multiple Vulnerabilities (NXSA-AOS-5.19.1)	Nessus	Misc.	critical
164556	Nutanix AOS : Multiple Vulnerabilities (NXSA-AOS-5.19.0.5)	Nessus	Misc.	critical
161585	EulerOS 2.0 SP3 : cloud-init (EulerOS-SA-2022-1709)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	high
160701	EulerOS Virtualization 3.0.2.0 : cloud-init (EulerOS-SA-2022-1682)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	high
159082	EulerOS 2.0 SP5 : cloud-init (EulerOS-SA-2022-1318)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	high
154516	NewStart CGSL CORE 5.05 / MAIN 5.05 : cloud-init Multiple Vulnerabilities (NS-SA-2021-0151)	Nessus	NewStart CGSL Local Security Checks	high
147387	NewStart CGSL CORE 5.04 / MAIN 5.04 : cloud-init Multiple Vulnerabilities (NS-SA-2021-0016)	Nessus	NewStart CGSL Local Security Checks	high
147346	NewStart CGSL MAIN 6.02 : cloud-init Vulnerability (NS-SA-2021-0051)	Nessus	NewStart CGSL Local Security Checks	high
145805	CentOS 8 : cloud-init (CESA-2020:3050)	Nessus	CentOS Local Security Checks	high
144795	Amazon Linux 2 : cloud-init (ALAS-2021-1576)	Nessus	Amazon Linux Local Security Checks	high
142329	EulerOS 2.0 SP9 : cloud-init (EulerOS-SA-2020-2408)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	high
142321	EulerOS 2.0 SP9 : cloud-init (EulerOS-SA-2020-2426)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	high
141687	Scientific Linux Security Update : cloud-init on SL7.x x86_64 (20201001)	Nessus	Scientific Linux Local Security Checks	high
141635	CentOS 7 : cloud-init (RHSA-2020:3898)	Nessus	CentOS Local Security Checks	high
141025	RHEL 7 : cloud-init (RHSA-2020:3898)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	high
140989	EulerOS Virtualization for ARM 64 3.0.6.0 : cloud-init (EulerOS-SA-2020-2041)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	high
140399	RHEL 8 : cloud-init (RHSA-2020:3644)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	high
139943	EulerOS 2.0 SP8 : cloud-init (EulerOS-SA-2020-1840)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	high
138810	RHEL 8 : cloud-init (RHSA-2020:3050)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	high

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