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Ubuntu: USN-7677-1 (CVE-2024-11584): cloud-init vulnerabilities

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Jun 26, 2025
Added
Jul 1, 2025
Modified
Apr 16, 2026

Description

cloud-init through 25.1.2 includes the systemd socket unit cloud-init-hotplugd.socket with default SocketMode that grants 0666 permissions, making it world-writable. This is used for the "/run/cloud-init/hook-hotplug-cmd" FIFO. An unprivileged user could trigger hotplug-hook commands.

Solutions

ubuntu-pro-upgrade-cloud-initubuntu-upgrade-cloud-initubuntu-upgrade-cloud-init-base
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