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.

References

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-3697
• ansible-collections/amazon.aws#1199
• ansible/ansible#35749
• 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