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Ubuntu CVE-2024-11584

| EUVDEUVD-2024-54980 MEDIUM
Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource (CWE-732)
2025-06-26 security@ubuntu.com
Information Disclosure Debian Ubuntu Red Hat Canonical Cloud Init Suse
5.9
CVSS 3.1 · NVD
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NVD PRIMARY
5.9 MEDIUM
AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
Ubuntu
MEDIUM
qualitative
SUSE
MEDIUM
qualitative
Red Hat
5.9 MEDIUM
qualitative

Primary rating from NVD.

CVSS VectorNVD

Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
Low

Lifecycle Timeline

4
EUVD ID Assigned
Mar 15, 2026 - 23:54 euvd
EUVD-2024-54980
Analysis Generated
Mar 15, 2026 - 23:54 vuln.today
Patch released
Mar 15, 2026 - 23:54 nvd
Patch available
CVE Published
Jun 26, 2025 - 10:15 nvd
MEDIUM 5.9

DescriptionCVE.org

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.

Analysis

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.

Technical ContextAI

This vulnerability is classified as Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource (CWE-732).

RemediationAI

A vendor patch is available. Apply it as soon as possible and verify the fix.

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Vendor StatusVendor

Ubuntu

Priority: Medium
cloud-init
Release Status Version
xenial not-affected -
upstream released 25.1.3
trusty DNE -
oracular ignored end of life, was needed
bionic released 23.1.2-0ubuntu0~18.04.1+esm1
focal released 24.4.1-0ubuntu0~20.04.3+esm1
jammy released 25.1.4-0ubuntu0~22.04.1
noble released 25.1.4-0ubuntu0~24.04.1
plucky released 25.1.4-0ubuntu0~25.04.1
USN-7677-1

Debian

Bug #1108402
cloud-init
Release Status Fixed Version Urgency
bullseye vulnerable 20.4.1-2+deb11u1 -
bookworm fixed 22.4.2-1+deb12u3 -
trixie fixed 25.1.4-1+deb13u1 -
forky, sid fixed 25.3-2 -
(unstable) fixed 25.1.4-1 -

SUSE

Severity: Medium
Product Status
Image SL-Micro-Azure Image SL-Micro-BYOS-Azure Image SL-Micro-BYOS-EC2 Image SL-Micro-EC2 Image SUSE-Multi-Linux-Manager-Proxy-BYOS-Azure Image SUSE-Multi-Linux-Manager-Proxy-BYOS-EC2 Image SUSE-Multi-Linux-Manager-Server-Azure-llc Image SUSE-Multi-Linux-Manager-Server-Azure-ltd Image SUSE-Multi-Linux-Manager-Server-BYOS-Azure Image SUSE-Multi-Linux-Manager-Server-BYOS-EC2 Image SUSE-Multi-Linux-Manager-Server-EC2-llc Image SUSE-Multi-Linux-Manager-Server-EC2-ltd Affected
Image SLES-Azure-3P Image SLES-Azure-Basic Image SLES-Azure-Standard Image SLES-BYOS-Azure Image SLES-BYOS-EC2 Image SLES-CHOST-BYOS-Aliyun Image SLES-CHOST-BYOS-Azure Image SLES-CHOST-BYOS-EC2 Image SLES-CHOST-BYOS-GDC Image SLES-CHOST-BYOS-SAP-CCloud Image SLES-EC2 Image SLES-Hardened-BYOS-Azure Image SLES-Hardened-BYOS-EC2 Image SLES-SAP-Azure Image SLES-SAP-Azure-3P Image SLES-SAP-BYOS-Azure Image SLES-SAP-BYOS-EC2 Image SLES-SAPCAL-Azure Image SLES-SAPCAL-EC2 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.0 Fixed
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SUSE Linux Micro 6.0 Fixed

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