cloud-init: Cloud init permissions handling flaw
Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).
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| Canonical | cloud-init | unaffected |
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| Canonical | Cloud-init | — |
| Source | ID | Title |
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EUVD |
EUVD-2024-54980 | 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. |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-7677-1 | cloud-init vulnerabilities |
No CVSS v4.0
No CVSS v3.0
No CVSS v2
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
Exploit prediction score: < 1% (0.142% probability within 30 days)
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| CPEs | cpe:2.3:a:canonical:cloud-init:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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| Title | cloud-init: From CVEorg collector | cloud-init: Cloud init permissions handling flaw |
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| Title | cloud-init: From CVEorg collector | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-276 | |
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| Metrics |
threat_severity
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threat_severity
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| Description | 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. | 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. |
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| Weaknesses | CWE-732 | |
| Metrics |
ssvc
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| Type | Values Removed | Values Added |
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| Description | 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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| Metrics |
cvssV3_1
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