suse-su-2025:20656-1
Vulnerability from csaf_suse
Published
2025-09-05 12:57
Modified
2025-09-05 12:57
Summary
Security update for cloud-init
Notes
Title of the patch
Security update for cloud-init
Description of the patch
This update for cloud-init fixes the following issues:
Update to version 25.1.3:
- CVE-2024-6174: Unpriveleged user could trigger hotplug-hook commands (bsc#1245403).
None security fixes:
- Rebase cloud-init to 24.4 or higher (bsc#1239715, jsc#PED-8680).
- Fixed cloud-init --debug status (bsc#1228414).
- Using ssh_pwauth: True in cloud-init breaks ssh for root (bsc#1237764).
- Fixed FileNotFoundError (bsc#1236720).
- Fixed python 3.13 support (bsc#1233649).
Patchnames
SUSE-SLE-Micro-6.0-447
Terms of use
CSAF 2.0 data is provided by SUSE under the Creative Commons License 4.0 with Attribution (CC-BY-4.0).
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