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Permalink CVE-2012-6639
created 1 month, 3 weeks ago
An privilege elevation vulnerability exists in Cloud-init before 0.7.0 when …

An privilege elevation vulnerability exists in Cloud-init before 0.7.0 when requests to an untrusted system are submitted for EC2 instance data.

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Affected products

cloud-init
  • ==before 0.7.0

Matching in nixpkgs

pkgs.cloud-init

Provides configuration and customization of cloud instance

  • nixos-unstable 25.2
    • nixpkgs-unstable 25.2
    • nixos-unstable-small 25.2
  • nixos-25.11 25.2
    • nixos-25.11-small 25.2
    • nixpkgs-25.11-darwin 25.2

Package maintainers

Permalink CVE-2024-6174
8.8 HIGH
  • CVSS version: 3.1
  • Attack vector (AV): ADJACENT_NETWORK
  • Attack complexity (AC): LOW
  • Privileges required (PR): NONE
  • User interaction (UI): NONE
  • Scope (S): UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality impact (C): HIGH
  • Integrity impact (I): HIGH
  • Availability impact (A): HIGH
created 9 months, 2 weeks ago
When a non-x86 platform is detected, cloud-init grants root access …

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.

Affected products

cloud-init
  • <25.1.3

Matching in nixpkgs

pkgs.cloud-init

Provides configuration and customization of cloud instance

  • nixos-unstable 24.2
    • nixpkgs-unstable 24.2

Package maintainers

Permalink CVE-2024-11584
5.9 MEDIUM
  • CVSS version: 3.1
  • Attack vector (AV): LOCAL
  • Attack complexity (AC): LOW
  • Privileges required (PR): NONE
  • User interaction (UI): NONE
  • Scope (S): UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality impact (C): LOW
  • Integrity impact (I): LOW
  • Availability impact (A): LOW
created 9 months, 2 weeks ago
cloud-init through 25.1.2 includes the systemd socket unit cloud-init-hotplugd.socket with …

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.

Affected products

cloud-init
  • <25.1.3

Matching in nixpkgs

pkgs.cloud-init

Provides configuration and customization of cloud instance

  • nixos-unstable 24.2
    • nixpkgs-unstable 24.2
    • nixos-unstable-small 24.2

Package maintainers

Permalink CVE-2022-2084
5.5 MEDIUM
  • CVSS version: 3.1
  • Attack vector (AV): LOCAL
  • Attack complexity (AC): LOW
  • Privileges required (PR): LOW
  • User interaction (UI): NONE
  • Scope (S): UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality impact (C): HIGH
  • Integrity impact (I): NONE
  • Availability impact (A): NONE
created 1 year, 2 months ago
sensitive data exposure in cloud-init logs

Sensitive data could be exposed in world readable logs of cloud-init before version 22.3 when schema failures are reported. This leak could include hashed passwords.

Affected products

cloud-init
  • <23.0

Matching in nixpkgs

pkgs.cloud-init

Provides configuration and customization of cloud instance

  • nixos-unstable 24.2
    • nixpkgs-unstable 24.2
    • nixos-unstable-small 24.2

Package maintainers

Permalink CVE-2021-3429
5.5 MEDIUM
  • CVSS version: 3.1
  • Attack vector (AV): LOCAL
  • Attack complexity (AC): LOW
  • Privileges required (PR): LOW
  • User interaction (UI): NONE
  • Scope (S): UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality impact (C): HIGH
  • Integrity impact (I): NONE
  • Availability impact (A): NONE
created 1 year, 2 months ago
sensitive data exposure in cloud-init logs

When instructing cloud-init to set a random password for a new user account, versions before 21.2 would write that password to the world-readable log file /var/log/cloud-init-output.log. This could allow a local user to log in as another user.

Affected products

cloud-init
  • <21.2

Matching in nixpkgs

pkgs.cloud-init

Provides configuration and customization of cloud instance

  • nixos-unstable 24.2
    • nixpkgs-unstable 24.2
    • nixos-unstable-small 24.2

Package maintainers