CVE-2024-6174

8.8 highEPSS 0.3%

High (8.8) in canonical cloud-init. EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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

CVSS 3.1

8.8 high

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

EPSS: 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 18% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-287
Published: 2025-06-26
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

canonical:cloud-init

References

https://github.com/canonical/cloud-init/releases/tag/25.1.3

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