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ghsa-3xmh-hrxh-fx8j

Vulnerability from github

Published

2025-06-26 18:31

Modified

2025-09-05 15:31

Severity ?

5.9 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Details

cloud-init through 25.1.2 includes the systemd socket unit cloud-init-hotplugd.socket with default SocketMode that grants 0666 permissions, making it world-writable. This being used for the "/run/cloud-init/hook-hotplug-cmd" FIFO. An unprivelege user could trigger hotplug-hook commands.

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CVE-2024-11584 (GCVE-0-2024-11584)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5

Published

2025-06-26 09:25

Modified

2025-06-26 19:14

Severity ?

5.9 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Summary

cloud-init through 25.1.2 includes the systemd socket unit cloud-init-hotplugd.socket with default SocketMode that grants 0666 permissions, making it world-writable. This is used for the "/run/cloud-init/hook-hotplug-cmd" FIFO. An unprivileged user could trigger hotplug-hook commands.

References

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	https://github.com/canonical/cloud-init/pull/6265/commits/6e10240a7f0a2d6110b398640b3fd46cfa9a7cf3
	https://github.com/canonical/cloud-init/releases/tag/25.1.3

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	Canonical	cloud-init	Version: 21.3 ≤

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