CVE-2024-6174

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.

Score

CVSS 3.1 8.8 High

Status

Analyzed - security@ubuntu.com

Published

2025-06-26

Last modified

2025-06-26

Weaknesses

CWE-287

Affected products

• Cloud-init (Canonical)

References

• https://github.com/canonical/cloud-init/releases/tag/25.1.3