CVE-2023-30618
Sensitive Terraform Output Values Printed At Info Logging Level In Kitchen-Terraform
Kitchen-Terraform provides a set of Test Kitchen plugins which enable the use of Test Kitchen to converge a Terraform configuration and verify the resulting infrastructure systems with InSpec controls. Kitchen-Terraform v7.0.0 introduced a regression which caused all Terraform output values, including sensitive values, to be printed at the info logging level during the kitchen converge action. Prior to v7.0.0, the output values were printed at the debug level to avoid writing sensitive values to the terminal by default. An attacker would need access to the local machine in order to gain access to these logs during an operation. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
3.2
Sensitive Terraform Output Values Printed At Info Logging Level In Kitchen-Terraform
Kitchen-Terraform provides a set of Test Kitchen plugins which enable the use of Test Kitchen to converge a Terraform configuration and verify the resulting infrastructure systems with InSpec controls. Kitchen-Terraform v7.0.0 introduced a regression which caused all Terraform output values, including sensitive values, to be printed at the info logging level during the kitchen converge action. Prior to v7.0.0, the output values were printed at the debug level to avoid writing sensitive values to the terminal by default. An attacker would need access to the local machine in order to gain access to these logs during an operation. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.
- Record
CVE-2023-30618- CVSS 3.1
- 3.2 Low
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-532
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2023-1211
3.2
Kitchen-Terraform provides a set of Test Kitchen plugins which enable the use of Test Kitchen to converge a Terraform configuration and verify the resulting infrastructure systems with InSpec controls. Kitchen-Terraform v7.0.0 introduced a regression which caused all Terraform output values, including sensitive values, to be printed at the info logging level during the kitchen converge action. Prior to v7.0.0, the output values were printed at the debug level to avoid writing sensitive values to the terminal by default. An attacker would need access to the local machine in order to gain access to these logs during an operation. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.
- Record
EUVD-2023-1211- CVSS 3.1
- 3.2 Low
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-65g2-x53q-cmf6
3.2
Sensitive Terraform Output Values Printed At Info Logging Level In Kitchen-Terraform
Summary
Kitchen-Terraform v7.0.0 introduced a regression which caused all Terraform output values, including sensitive values, to be printed at the info logging level during the kitchen converge action. Prior to v7.0.0, the output values were printed at the debug level to avoid writing sensitive values to the terminal by default.
Original Report
@brettcurtis:
Hopefully, I'm not doing something stupid here, but I'm seeing sensitive outputs printed in the kitchen output. You can check this action for an example: https://github.com/osinfra-io/terraform-google-project/actions/runs/4700065515/jobs/8334277309#step:5:215
It's not really a sensitive value just used it as an example.
- Record
GHSA-65g2-x53q-cmf6- CVSS 3.1
- 3.2 Low
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-532
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
3.2
Kitchen-Terraform provides a set of Test Kitchen plugins which enable the use of Test Kitchen to converge a Terraform configuration and verify the resulting infrastructure systems with InSpec controls. Kitchen-Terraform v7.0.0 introduced a regression which caused all Terraform output values, including sensitive values, to be printed at the info logging level during the kitchen converge action. Prior to v7.0.0, the output values were printed at the debug level to avoid writing sensitive values to the terminal by default. An attacker would need access to the local machine in order to gain access to these logs during an operation. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.
- Record
CVE-2023-30618- CVSS 3.1
- 3.2 Low
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N - CVSS 3.1
- 3.3 Low
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-532
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
3.2
Sensitive Terraform Output Values Printed At Info Logging Level In Kitchen-Terraform
Kitchen-Terraform provides a set of Test Kitchen plugins which enable the use of Test Kitchen to converge a Terraform configuration and verify the resulting infrastructure systems with InSpec controls. Kitchen-Terraform v7.0.0 introduced a regression which caused all Terraform output values, including sensitive values, to be printed at the info logging level during the kitchen converge action. Prior to v7.0.0, the output values were printed at the debug level to avoid writing sensitive values to the terminal by default. An attacker would need access to the local machine in order to gain access to these logs during an operation. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.
- Record
CVE-2023-30618- CVSS 3.1
- 3.2 Low
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-532
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVGHSA-65g2-x53q-cmf6
3.2
Sensitive Terraform Output Values Printed At Info Logging Level In Kitchen-Terraform
Summary
Kitchen-Terraform v7.0.0 introduced a regression which caused all Terraform output values, including sensitive values, to be printed at the info logging level during the kitchen converge action. Prior to v7.0.0, the output values were printed at the debug level to avoid writing sensitive values to the terminal by default.
Original Report
@brettcurtis:
Hopefully, I'm not doing something stupid here, but I'm seeing sensitive outputs printed in the kitchen output. You can check this action for an example: https://github.com/osinfra-io/terraform-google-project/actions/runs/4700065515/jobs/8334277309#step:5:215
It's not really a sensitive value just used it as an example.
- Record
GHSA-65g2-x53q-cmf6- CVSS 3.1
- 3.2 Low
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-532
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
kitchen-terraformRubyGems |
7.0.0 up to 7.0.1 | 7.0.1 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases, published | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2023-30618 is a low vulnerability (CVSS 3.2) in Kitchen-terraform Project Kitchen-terraform, published April 21, 2023. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.21%, the 11th percentile. Fixed in kitchen-terraform 7.0.1.
References
github.com/newcontext-oss/kitchen-terraform/security/advisories/GHSA-65g2-x53q-cmf6
github.com/newcontext-oss/kitchen-terraform/commit/3d20d60e7a891e2dd747df995a31226fa0b4ac48
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-30618
github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/kitchen-terraform/CVE-2023-30618.yml
github.com/advisories/GHSA-65g2-x53q-cmf6
github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/30xxx/CVE-2023-30618.json
github.com/newcontext-oss/kitchen-terraform