Description

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.

Related CPE's

a

canonical

cloud-init

Vulnerable

References

https://github.com/canonical/cloud-init/pull/6265/commits/6e10240a7f0a2d6110b398640b3fd46cfa9a7cf3

Patch

https://github.com/canonical/cloud-init/releases/tag/25.1.3

Release Notes

Weaknesses

134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0

Secondary
CWE-732

CVSS impact metrics

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

5.9 · Medium

  • CVSS V3.1

  • CVSS V3.0

  • CVSS V2.0

Information

Source identifier

[email protected]

Vulnerability status

Analyzed

Published

2025-06-26T10:15:24.703

5 months ago

Last modified

2025-09-05T15:20:25.690

3 months ago