vulnerability

Ubuntu: USN-7677-1 (CVE-2024-6174): cloud-init vulnerabilities

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
Jun 26, 2025
Added
Jul 1, 2025
Modified
Aug 18, 2025

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.

Solutions

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