CVE-2024-6174 (GCVE-0-2024-6174)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-06-26 09:15 – Updated: 2025-06-26 17:38
VLAI
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.
Severity
8.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
  • CWE-287 - Improper Authentication
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Canonical cloud-init Affected: 0.7.9 , < 25.1.3 (semver)
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Date Public
2025-06-12 11:24
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