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high 8.8

CVE-2024-6174 json

When a non-x86 platform is detected, cloud-init grants root access to a hardcoded url with a local IP address.

published 2025-06-26 16 mo ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2024-54707

cvss
8.8
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.3%
EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 18%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

When a non-x86 platform is detected, cloud-init grants root access to a hardcoded url with a local IP address. To prevent this, cloud-init default configurations disable platform enumeration.

Patch / fix

  • Canonical cloud-init 25.1.3
  • cloud-init Debian 12 22.4.2-1+deb12u3
  • cloud-init Debian 14, Debian 13 25.1.4-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2024-6174

  • cloud-init Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 25.1.4-0ubuntu0~22.04.1
  • cloud-init Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 25.1.4-0ubuntu0~24.04.1
  • cloud-init Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS 21.1-19-gbad84ad4-0ubuntu1~16.04.4+esm2
  • cloud-init Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS 23.1.2-0ubuntu0~18.04.1+esm1
  • cloud-init Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS 24.4.1-0ubuntu0~20.04.3+esm1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2024-6174

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • cloud-init RHEL 8 23.4-7.el8_10.10
  • cloud-init RHEL 9 24.4-4.el9_6.3
  • cloud-init RHEL 10.0 24.4-3.el10_0.2
  • cloud-init RHEL 8.6 TUS, RHEL 8.6 E4S, RHEL 8.6 AUS 21.1-15.el8_6.4
  • cloud-init RHEL 8.8 TUS, RHEL 8.8 E4S 22.1-8.el8_8.2
  • cloud-init RHEL 9.0 E4S 21.1-19.el9_0.7
  • cloud-init RHEL 9.2 E4S 22.1-10.el9_2.1
  • cloud-init RHEL 9.4 EUS 23.4-7.el9_4.13

red hat advisories RHSA-2025:11337RHSA-2025:11339RHSA-2025:11324RHSA-2025:11295RHSA-2025:10879RHSA-2025:10876

  • cloud-init SLES 16.0, Linux Micro 6.2, SLES for SAP applications 16.0 25.1.3-160000.2.1
  • cloud-init Linux Micro 6.1 25.1.3-slfo.1.1_1.1
  • cloud-init Linux Micro 6.0 25.1.3-1.1

suse advisories SUSE-RU-2026:20174-1SUSE-RU-2026:20192-1SUSE-SU-2025:20755-1SUSE-SU-2025:20656-1

  • cloud-init openSUSE Leap 16.0 25.1.3-160000.2.1
  • cloud-init openSUSE Tumbleweed 25.1.3-1.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-RU-2026:20129-1openSUSE-SU-2025:15376-1

  • cloud-init AlmaLinux 8 23.4-7.el8_10.10.alma.1
  • cloud-init AlmaLinux 10 24.4-3.el10_0.2
  • cloud-init AlmaLinux 9 24.4-4.el9_6.3.alma.1

almalinux advisories ALSA-2025:11324ALSA-2025:10844ALSA-2025:10848

  • cloud-init Rocky Linux 8 23.4-7.el8_10.10.0.2

rocky linux advisories RLSA-2025:11324

  • cloud-init Azure Linux 3.0 24.3.1-2
  • cloud-init CBL-Mariner 2.0 23.3-7

azure linux advisories AZL-64334AZL-64374

Azure Linux vulnerability data, Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation, from https://github.com/microsoft/AzureLinuxVulnerabilityData via OSV, under the MIT licence; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. MIT

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2024-6174 updated cvss 8.8

cloud-init: Cloud init permissions flaw

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 cloud-init
    affected: workaround, no fix planned “Out of support scope”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8) cloud-init 23.4-7.el8_10.10
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2025:11324
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9) cloud-init 24.4-4.el9_6.3
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2025:10848
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10) cloud-init 24.4-3.el10_0.2
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2025:10844
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream AUS (v.8.6) cloud-init 21.1-15.el8_6.4 Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.8.6) cloud-init 21.1-15.el8_6.4
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2025:11337
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.8.8) cloud-init 22.1-8.el8_8.2
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2025:11339
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.9.0) cloud-init 21.1-19.el9_0.7
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2025:11295
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.9.2) cloud-init 22.1-10.el9_2.1
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2025:10879
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  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v.9.4) cloud-init 23.4-7.el9_4.13
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2025:10876
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream TUS (v.8.6) cloud-init 21.1-15.el8_6.4
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2025:11337
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream TUS (v.8.8) cloud-init 22.1-8.el8_8.2
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2025:11339

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
total
Assessed
16 mo ago

Exploit prediction

0.27% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 18% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

  • Canonical cloud-init

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

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