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alsa-2025:10848

Vulnerability from osv_almalinux

Published

2025-07-14 00:00

Modified

2025-07-22 13:36

Summary

Important: cloud-init security update

Details

The cloud-init packages provide a set of init scripts for cloud instances. Cloud instances need special scripts to run during initialization to retrieve and install SSH keys, and to let the user run various scripts.

Security Fix(es):

cloud-init: Cloud init permissions flaw (CVE-2024-6174)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

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    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "AlmaLinux:9",
        "name": "cloud-init"
      },
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            {
              "introduced": "0"
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              "fixed": "24.4-4.el9_6.3.alma.1"
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          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
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  "id": "ALSA-2025:10848",
  "modified": "2025-07-22T13:36:59Z",
  "published": "2025-07-14T00:00:00Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:10848"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-6174"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2374924"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://errata.almalinux.org/9/ALSA-2025-10848.html"
    }
  ],
  "related": [
    "CVE-2024-6174"
  ],
  "summary": "Important: cloud-init security update"
}

CVE-2024-6174 (GCVE-0-2024-6174)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-06-26 09:15 – Updated: 2025-06-26 17:38

Summary

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.

Severity ?

8.8 (High)


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

CWE

CWE-287 - Improper Authentication

Assigner

canonical

References

URL

Tags

https://github.com/canonical/cloud-init/releases/…

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	Canonical	cloud-init	Affected: 0.7.9 , < 25.1.3 (semver)

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Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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