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.

Published: 2025-06-26 Last update: 2025-08-26 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Analyzed，CVE State: published
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CVE-2024-6174 is rated Moderate Risk (46.7/100): CVSS High severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.13%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2024-6174

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-04-22 0.02% 0.13% +0.11%
2 2025-06-26 — 0.02% —

Full EPSS history (2 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2024-6174

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
8.8 3.1 HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:A)
Attacker has to be nearby on the network—same office, same link, that vibe—not the whole wide internet.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:H)
They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
 2.8 5.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2024-6174

OS Trackers for CVE-2024-6174

vendor priority summary link
alpine — CVE-2024-6174: 1 source package rows (cloud-init); 12 state rows across 2 repos (3.22-community, edge-community); fixed 0, open 12. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2024-6174
debian not yet assigned CVE-2024-6174 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (cloud-init), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 4, open 1. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2024-6174
redhat high — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-6174
suse high CVE-2024-6174 severity important: SUSE including 242 source package names (amazon/suse-sles-15-sp1-chost-byos-v20210304-hvm-ssd-x86_64, amazon/suse-sles-15-sp1-chost-byos-v20220127-hvm-ssd-x86_64, …), 334 product×package rows across 47 product lines (Image SL-Micro-Azure, Image SL-Micro-BYOS-Azure, … (47 product lines)): Known Affected 231, Fixed 100, First Fixed 3. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-6174/
ubuntu medium CVE-2024-6174 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (cloud-init), 10 status rows across 10 suites (bionic, focal, jammy, mantic, noble, oracular, plucky, trusty, upstream, xenial): released 7, ignored 2, DNE 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-6174

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2024-6174

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
canonical cloud-init < 25.1.3 cpe:2.3:a:canonical:cloud-init:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2024-6174

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