diff --git a/server/src/main/java/com/cloud/network/NetworkModelImpl.java b/server/src/main/java/com/cloud/network/NetworkModelImpl.java
index ccc437e8907..935f22a0f2d 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/com/cloud/network/NetworkModelImpl.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/com/cloud/network/NetworkModelImpl.java
@@ -34,8 +34,6 @@ import java.util.TreeSet;
 import javax.inject.Inject;
 import javax.naming.ConfigurationException;
 
-import com.cloud.domain.Domain;
-import com.cloud.vm.VirtualMachineManager;
 import org.apache.cloudstack.acl.ControlledEntity.ACLType;
 import org.apache.cloudstack.context.CallContext;
 import org.apache.cloudstack.engine.orchestration.service.NetworkOrchestrationService;
@@ -58,6 +56,7 @@ import com.cloud.dc.VlanVO;
 import com.cloud.dc.dao.DataCenterDao;
 import com.cloud.dc.dao.PodVlanMapDao;
 import com.cloud.dc.dao.VlanDao;
+import com.cloud.domain.Domain;
 import com.cloud.domain.DomainVO;
 import com.cloud.domain.dao.DomainDao;
 import com.cloud.exception.InsufficientAddressCapacityException;
@@ -116,6 +115,7 @@ import com.cloud.user.AccountVO;
 import com.cloud.user.DomainManager;
 import com.cloud.user.User;
 import com.cloud.user.dao.AccountDao;
+import com.cloud.utils.Pair;
 import com.cloud.utils.StringUtils;
 import com.cloud.utils.component.AdapterBase;
 import com.cloud.utils.component.ManagerBase;
@@ -134,6 +134,7 @@ import com.cloud.vm.NicVO;
 import com.cloud.vm.VMInstanceVO;
 import com.cloud.vm.VirtualMachine;
 import com.cloud.vm.VirtualMachine.Type;
+import com.cloud.vm.VirtualMachineManager;
 import com.cloud.vm.dao.NicDao;
 import com.cloud.vm.dao.NicSecondaryIpDao;
 import com.cloud.vm.dao.VMInstanceDao;
@@ -2524,10 +2525,8 @@ public class NetworkModelImpl extends ManagerBase implements NetworkModel, Confi
             String[] keyValuePairs = userDataDetails.split(",");
             for(String pair : keyValuePairs)
             {
-                String[] entry = pair.split("=");
-                String key = entry[0].trim();
-                String value = entry[1].trim();
-                vmData.add(new String[]{METATDATA_DIR, key, StringUtils.unicodeEscape(value)});
+                final Pair<String, String> keyValue = StringUtils.getKeyValuePairWithSeparator(pair, "=");
+                vmData.add(new String[]{METATDATA_DIR, keyValue.first(), StringUtils.unicodeEscape(keyValue.second())});
             }
         }
     }
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/com/cloud/network/element/ConfigDriveNetworkElement.java b/server/src/main/java/com/cloud/network/element/ConfigDriveNetworkElement.java
index 39e2d9b008f..3ab0bb52ac5 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/com/cloud/network/element/ConfigDriveNetworkElement.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/com/cloud/network/element/ConfigDriveNetworkElement.java
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ import java.util.Set;
 
 import javax.inject.Inject;
 
-import com.cloud.host.HostVO;
 import org.apache.cloudstack.engine.subsystem.api.storage.DataStore;
 import org.apache.cloudstack.engine.subsystem.api.storage.DataStoreManager;
 import org.apache.cloudstack.engine.subsystem.api.storage.EndPoint;
@@ -49,6 +48,7 @@ import com.cloud.exception.ConcurrentOperationException;
 import com.cloud.exception.InsufficientCapacityException;
 import com.cloud.exception.ResourceUnavailableException;
 import com.cloud.exception.UnsupportedServiceException;
+import com.cloud.host.HostVO;
 import com.cloud.host.dao.HostDao;
 import com.cloud.hypervisor.HypervisorGuruManager;
 import com.cloud.network.Network;
@@ -69,6 +69,8 @@ import com.cloud.storage.VolumeVO;
 import com.cloud.storage.dao.GuestOSCategoryDao;
 import com.cloud.storage.dao.GuestOSDao;
 import com.cloud.storage.dao.VolumeDao;
+import com.cloud.utils.Pair;
+import com.cloud.utils.StringUtils;
 import com.cloud.utils.component.AdapterBase;
 import com.cloud.utils.crypt.DBEncryptionUtil;
 import com.cloud.utils.db.EntityManager;
@@ -624,8 +626,8 @@ public class ConfigDriveNetworkElement extends AdapterBase implements NetworkEle
             String[] keyValuePairs = userDataDetails.split(",");
             for(String pair : keyValuePairs)
             {
-                String[] entry = pair.split("=");
-                customUserdataParamMap.put(entry[0].trim(), entry[1].trim());
+                final Pair<String, String> keyValue = StringUtils.getKeyValuePairWithSeparator(pair, "=");
+                customUserdataParamMap.put(keyValue.first(), keyValue.second());
             }
         }
 
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/com/cloud/network/router/CommandSetupHelper.java b/server/src/main/java/com/cloud/network/router/CommandSetupHelper.java
index d15263f70aa..501ac8104a8 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/com/cloud/network/router/CommandSetupHelper.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/com/cloud/network/router/CommandSetupHelper.java
@@ -26,14 +26,6 @@ import java.util.Map;
 
 import javax.inject.Inject;
 
-import com.cloud.configuration.ConfigurationManager;
-import com.cloud.domain.Domain;
-import com.cloud.domain.dao.DomainDao;
-import com.cloud.hypervisor.Hypervisor;
-import com.cloud.network.dao.NetworkDetailVO;
-import com.cloud.network.dao.NetworkDetailsDao;
-import com.cloud.offerings.dao.NetworkOfferingDetailsDao;
-import com.cloud.vm.VmDetailConstants;
 import org.apache.cloudstack.api.ApiConstants;
 import org.apache.cloudstack.engine.orchestration.service.NetworkOrchestrationService;
 import org.apache.cloudstack.framework.config.dao.ConfigurationDao;
@@ -73,13 +65,17 @@ import com.cloud.agent.api.to.PortForwardingRuleTO;
 import com.cloud.agent.api.to.StaticNatRuleTO;
 import com.cloud.agent.manager.Commands;
 import com.cloud.configuration.Config;
+import com.cloud.configuration.ConfigurationManager;
 import com.cloud.dc.DataCenter;
 import com.cloud.dc.DataCenter.NetworkType;
 import com.cloud.dc.DataCenterVO;
 import com.cloud.dc.dao.DataCenterDao;
 import com.cloud.dc.dao.VlanDao;
+import com.cloud.domain.Domain;
+import com.cloud.domain.dao.DomainDao;
 import com.cloud.host.Host;
 import com.cloud.host.dao.HostDao;
+import com.cloud.hypervisor.Hypervisor;
 import com.cloud.network.IpAddress;
 import com.cloud.network.Network;
 import com.cloud.network.Network.Provider;
@@ -94,9 +90,11 @@ import com.cloud.network.VpnUser;
 import com.cloud.network.VpnUserVO;
 import com.cloud.network.dao.FirewallRulesDao;
 import com.cloud.network.dao.IPAddressDao;
-import com.cloud.network.dao.NetworkDao;
-import com.cloud.network.dao.NetworkVO;
 import com.cloud.network.dao.IPAddressVO;
+import com.cloud.network.dao.NetworkDao;
+import com.cloud.network.dao.NetworkDetailVO;
+import com.cloud.network.dao.NetworkDetailsDao;
+import com.cloud.network.dao.NetworkVO;
 import com.cloud.network.dao.Site2SiteCustomerGatewayDao;
 import com.cloud.network.dao.Site2SiteCustomerGatewayVO;
 import com.cloud.network.dao.Site2SiteVpnGatewayDao;
@@ -120,6 +118,7 @@ import com.cloud.network.vpc.dao.VpcDao;
 import com.cloud.offering.NetworkOffering;
 import com.cloud.offerings.NetworkOfferingVO;
 import com.cloud.offerings.dao.NetworkOfferingDao;
+import com.cloud.offerings.dao.NetworkOfferingDetailsDao;
 import com.cloud.service.dao.ServiceOfferingDao;
 import com.cloud.user.Account;
 import com.cloud.uservm.UserVm;
@@ -136,6 +135,7 @@ import com.cloud.vm.UserVmVO;
 import com.cloud.vm.VirtualMachine;
 import com.cloud.vm.VirtualMachineManager;
 import com.cloud.vm.VirtualMachineProfile;
+import com.cloud.vm.VmDetailConstants;
 import com.cloud.vm.dao.DomainRouterDao;
 import com.cloud.vm.dao.NicDao;
 import com.cloud.vm.dao.NicIpAliasDao;
@@ -1135,10 +1135,8 @@ public class CommandSetupHelper {
             String[] keyValuePairs = userDataDetails.split(",");
             for(String pair : keyValuePairs)
             {
-                String[] entry = pair.split("=");
-                String key = entry[0].trim();
-                String value = entry[1].trim();
-                cmd.addVmData("metadata", key, value);
+                final Pair<String, String> keyValue = StringUtils.getKeyValuePairWithSeparator(pair, "=");
+                cmd.addVmData("metadata", keyValue.first(), keyValue.second());
             }
         }
     }
diff --git a/utils/src/main/java/com/cloud/utils/StringUtils.java b/utils/src/main/java/com/cloud/utils/StringUtils.java
index e858bee74a0..e1bd9b687d6 100644
--- a/utils/src/main/java/com/cloud/utils/StringUtils.java
+++ b/utils/src/main/java/com/cloud/utils/StringUtils.java
@@ -313,4 +313,11 @@ public class StringUtils {
     public static String toCSVList(final List<String> csvList) {
         return join(csvList, ",");
     }
+
+    public static Pair<String, String> getKeyValuePairWithSeparator(String keyValuePair, String separator) {
+        final int index = keyValuePair.indexOf(separator);
+        final String key = keyValuePair.substring(0, index);
+        final String value = keyValuePair.substring(index + 1);
+        return new Pair<>(key.trim(), value.trim());
+    }
 }
diff --git a/utils/src/test/java/com/cloud/utils/StringUtilsTest.java b/utils/src/test/java/com/cloud/utils/StringUtilsTest.java
index 09a6c71bcf8..cae5b2eec8b 100644
--- a/utils/src/test/java/com/cloud/utils/StringUtilsTest.java
+++ b/utils/src/test/java/com/cloud/utils/StringUtilsTest.java
@@ -258,4 +258,14 @@ public class StringUtilsTest {
         String output = StringUtils.toCSVList(Arrays.asList(input.split(",")));
         assertTrue(input.equals(output));
     }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testGetKeyValuePairWithSeparator() {
+        String key = "ssh";
+        String value = "ABCD==";
+        String kp = String.format("%s=%s", key, value);
+        Pair<String, String> output = StringUtils.getKeyValuePairWithSeparator(kp, "=");
+        assertEquals(key, output.first());
+        assertEquals(value, output.second());
+    }
 }