Vulnerability Report

CVE-2024-11584

Title: Canonical Cloud-Init Path Traversal / LFI

Arbitrary File Access

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2024-11584.

CWE Category CWE-732
Published Date Jun 26, 2025
Modified Date Sep 05, 2025
Exploit Status Not Found
Score 5.9 CVSS v3.1
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
0.12%

Vulnerability Summary

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.

Impacted Vendors

C
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Reference Links

https://github.com/canonical/cloud-init/pull/6265/commits/6e10240a7f0a2d6110b398640b3fd46cfa9a7cf3 https://github.com/canonical/cloud-init/releases/tag/25.1.3
CVSS v3.1
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity MEDIUM
5.9
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
N/A
Interaction
NONE
Confidentiality
N/A
Integrity
N/A
Availability
N/A
Scope
UNCHANGED
RAW VECTOR CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
CVSS v3.1
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity MEDIUM
5.3
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
N/A
Interaction
NONE
Confidentiality
N/A
Integrity
N/A
Availability
N/A
Scope
UNCHANGED
RAW VECTOR CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2024-11584 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector LOCAL
Complexity LOW
Privileges N/A
Interaction NONE
CVSS Vector String CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.