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Vulnerability · 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.

Published Jun 26, 2025 · catalog updated Jun 26, 2025 · Canonical

Last checked Oct 27, 2026. A connected source was read within the last 7 days.

Check if you run it

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2024-11584. EPSS is 0.14%. Act only if a listed version of Canonical is installed.

Gaps on this record

  • No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.

Same product and reporting

Severity
Medium5.9
Known exploitation
Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
0.14%
Remediation
Version ranges on file
Affected products
vendor Canonical cloud-init 21.3 <25.1.3

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.

Are you affected?

Enter the version you run. The result uses only the ranges stored on this record.

The check returns affected, not affected, or incomplete. It does not guess a version that is missing from the record.

  • vendor Canonical cloud-init 21.3 <25.1.321.3 <25.1.3

How to fix CVE-2024-11584

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2024-11584. EPSS is 0.14%. Act only if a listed version of Canonical is installed.

Which versions are affected?

Compare what you have installed with Canonical cloud-init 21.3 <25.1.3 21.3 <25.1.3. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.

What should an analyst verify?

No weakness class is stored. EPSS 0.14%. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Technology hubs

Ubuntu security

Code

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Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Jun 26, 2025 · EUVD

    Detected

    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.

  2. Jun 26, 2025 · EUVD

    Updated

    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.

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2024-11584

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2024-11584

    30-day exploitation probability 0.14%

    first.org
  • EUVDVulnerability recordEUVD-2024-54980

    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 comm

    euvd.enisa.europa.eu

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 27, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.

  • FIRST EPSSOct 24, 2026
  • CVE.orgOct 21, 2026
  • EUVDOct 20, 2026