FKIE_CVE-2024-6174

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2025-06-26 10:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 08:17
Severity
8.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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.
References
security@ubuntu.comhttps://github.com/canonical/cloud-init/releases/tag/25.1.3Release Notes
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
canonical cloud-init *
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  "lastModified": "2026-06-17T08:17:26.223",
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