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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: 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. This is used for the "/run/cloud-init/hook-hotplug-cmd" FIFO. An unprivileged user could trigger hotplug-hook commands.

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CVE-2024-11584
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6 Nov 2026, 02:08 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

CVE-2024-11584

core-osv · Original source

Published 26 Jun 2025, 09:25 UTC

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.

osv:CVE-2024-11584
Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-11584",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2024-11584",
    "summary": "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.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2024-11584",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "medium",
    "structured": {
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      "aliases": [
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          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L"
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                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "0"
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          "versions": [
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            "22.3",
            "22.2",
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          ],
          "database_specific": {
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          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-28T02:30:45.960731500Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://github.com/canonical/cloud-init/pull/6265/commits/6e10240a7f0a2d6110b398640b3fd46cfa9a7cf3",
        "https://github.com/canonical/cloud-init/releases/tag/25.1.3",
        "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2024/11xxx/CVE-2024-11584.json",
        "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-11584",
        "https://github.com/canonical/cloud-init"
      ],
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      }
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    "related_cves": [
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    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 514148,
  "published_at": "2025-06-26T09:25:20.199+00:00"
}