MEDIUM 5.9 Microsoft
CVE-2024-11584
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.
Microsoft Security Update 2025-Jun: 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.
Affected Products
- azl3 cloud-init 24.3.1-2 on Azure Linux 3.0
- azl3 cloud-init 24.3.1-1 on Azure Linux 3.0
- cm2 cloud-init 23.3-7 on CBL Mariner 2.0
- cbl2 cloud-init 23.3-6 on CBL Mariner 2.0
References
- https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2024-11584
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-11584
This medium severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.9 was published on 2025-06-10 via Microsoft. Affected: azl3 cloud-init 24.3.1-2 on Azure Linux 3.0, azl3 cloud-init 24.3.1-1 on Azure Linux 3.0, cm2 cloud-init 23.3-7 on CBL Mariner 2.0 and 1 more.
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