CVE-2024-6174 | THREATINT

Description

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.

PUBLISHED Reserved 2024-06-19 | Published 2025-06-26 | Updated 2025-06-26 | Assigner canonical

HIGH: 8.8CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Product status

Default status

unaffected

0.7.9 (semver) before 25.1.3

affected

References

github.com/canonical/cloud-init/releases/tag/25.1.3

cve.org (CVE-2024-6174)

nvd.nist.gov (CVE-2024-6174)

Download JSON