Canonical cloud-init up to 25.1.2 information disclosure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Canonical cloud-init up to 25.1.2. It has been declared as problematic. This affects an unknown function. Such manipulation leads to information disclosure. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2024-6174. The attack needs to be initiated within the local network. No exploit is available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Canonical cloud-init up to 25.1.2 and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

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.

The advisory is available at github.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2024-6174 since 06/20/2024. The exploitation is known to be difficult. Access to the local network is required for this attack to succeed. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1592 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 241765 (Amazon Linux 2 : cloud-init (ALAS-2025-2926)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading to version 25.1.3 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (241765), EUVD (EUVD-2024-54707) and CERT Bund (WID-SEC-2025-1539). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

Affected

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux

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CPE 2.3info

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.7
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.6

VulDB Base Score: 4.6
VulDB Temp Score: 4.4
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CNA Base Score: 8.8
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Information disclosure
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Partially

Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 241765
Nessus Name: Amazon Linux 2 : cloud-init (ALAS-2025-2926)

Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: cloud-init 25.1.3

Timelineinfo

06/20/2024 🔍
06/26/2025 +371 days 🔍
06/26/2025 +0 days 🔍
07/14/2025 +18 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Product: github.com

Advisory: github.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2024-6174 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2024-6174
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-313970
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CERT Bund: WID-SEC-2025-1539 - Red Hat Enterprise Linux (cloud-init): Schwachstelle ermöglicht Erlangen von Administratorrechten

Entryinfo

Created: 06/26/2025 13:12
Updated: 07/14/2025 20:19
Changes: 06/26/2025 13:12 (64), 06/27/2025 04:52 (1), 07/11/2025 15:08 (2), 07/14/2025 20:17 (6), 07/14/2025 20:19 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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