Vulnerability Report

CVE-2024-6174

Title: Canonical Cloud-Init Auth Bypass

Auth Bypass

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2024-6174.

CWE Category CWE-287

Published Date Jun 26, 2025

Modified Date Aug 26, 2025

Exploit Status Not Found

Score 8.8 CVSS v3.1

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

0.21%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2024-6174: When a non-x86 platform is detected, cloud-init grants root access to a hardcoded url with a local IP address. To prevent this, cloud-init default configurations disable platform enumeration.

Impacted Vendors

canonical 1

Reference Links

https://github.com/canonical/cloud-init/releases/tag/25.1.3

CVSS v3.1

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity HIGH

8.8

Attack Vector

ADJACENT_NETWORK

Complexity

LOW

Privileges

N/A

Interaction

NONE

Confidentiality

N/A

Integrity

N/A

Availability

N/A

Scope

UNCHANGED

RAW VECTOR CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2024-6174 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

August 26, 2025 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

August 26, 2025 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

June 26, 2025 PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector ADJACENT_NETWORK

Complexity LOW

Privileges N/A

Interaction NONE

CVSS Vector String


                                    CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.