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Vulnerability · CVE-2024-6174

When a non-x86 platform is detected, cloud-init grants root access to a hardcoded url with a local IP address.

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

Last checked Oct 26, 2026. A connected source was read within the last 7 days.

Check if you run it

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2024-6174. EPSS is 0.26%. 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
High8.8
Known exploitation
Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
0.26%
Remediation
Version ranges on file
Affected products
vendor Canonical cloud-init 0.7.9 <25.1.3

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.

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 0.7.9 <25.1.30.7.9 <25.1.3

How to fix CVE-2024-6174

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-2024-6174. EPSS is 0.26%. Act only if a listed version of Canonical is installed.

Which versions are affected?

Compare what you have installed with Canonical cloud-init 0.7.9 <25.1.3 0.7.9 <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 0.26%. 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

The project this record applies to. Exploit listings stay in References.

Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Jun 26, 2025 · EUVD

    Detected

    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.

  2. Jun 26, 2025 · EUVD

    Updated

    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.

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2024-6174

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2024-6174

    30-day exploitation probability 0.26%

    first.org
  • EUVDVulnerability recordEUVD-2024-54707

    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.

    euvd.enisa.europa.eu

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 26, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.

  • FIRST EPSSOct 26, 2026
  • CVE.orgOct 21, 2026
  • EUVDOct 20, 2026
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