CVE-2024-11584

Publication date 26 June 2025

Last updated 1 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

5.9 · Medium

Score breakdown

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.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
cloud-init 25.04 plucky
Fixed 25.1.4-0ubuntu0~25.04.1
24.10 oracular Ignored end of life, was needed
24.04 LTS noble
Fixed 25.1.4-0ubuntu0~24.04.1
22.04 LTS jammy
Fixed 25.1.4-0ubuntu0~22.04.1
20.04 LTS focal
Fixed 24.4.1-0ubuntu0~20.04.3+esm1
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 23.1.2-0ubuntu0~18.04.1+esm1
16.04 LTS xenial
Not affected
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release

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Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 5.9 · Medium
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality Low
Integrity impact Low
Availability impact Low
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L