Upstream information

CVE-2024-6174 at MITRE

Description

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.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Pending

This issue is currently rated as having important severity.

CVSS v3 Scores
  CNA (Canonical) SUSE
Base Score 8.8 8.8
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector Adjacent Network Adjacent Network
Attack Complexity Low Low
Privileges Required None None
User Interaction None None
Scope Unchanged Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact High High
Integrity Impact High High
Availability Impact High High
CVSSv3 Version 3.1 3.1
CVSS v4 Scores
  SUSE
Base Score 7.7
Vector CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Attack Vector Adjacent Network
Attack Complexity Low
Attack Requirements Present
Privileges Required None
User Interaction None
Vulnerable System Confidentiality Impact High
Vulnerable System Integrity Impact High
Vulnerable System Availability Impact High
Subsequent System Confidentiality Impact None
Subsequent System Integrity Impact None
Subsequent System Availability Impact None
CVSSv4 Version 4.0
SUSE Bugzilla entry: 1245401 [NEW]

SUSE Security Advisories:

List of released packages

Product(s) Fixed package version(s) References
SUSE Liberty Linux 8
  • cloud-init >= 23.4-7.el8_10.10
Patchnames:
RHSA-2025:11324
SUSE Liberty Linux 9
  • cloud-init >= 24.4-4.el9_6.3
Patchnames:
RHSA-2025:10848
openSUSE Tumbleweed
  • cloud-init >= 25.1.3-1.1
  • cloud-init-config-suse >= 25.1.3-1.1
  • cloud-init-doc >= 25.1.3-1.1
Patchnames:
openSUSE-Tumbleweed-2025-15376


Status of this issue by product and package

Please note that this evaluation state might be work in progress, incomplete or outdated. Also information for service packs in the LTSS phase is only included for issues meeting the LTSS criteria. If in doubt, feel free to contact us for clarification. The updates are grouped by state of their lifecycle. SUSE product lifecycles are documented on the lifecycle page.

Product(s) Source package State
Products under general support and receiving all security fixes.
SLES15-SP5-CHOST-BYOS-SAP-CCloud cloud-init Affected
SLES15-SP6-CHOST-BYOS cloud-init Affected
SLES15-SP6-CHOST-BYOS-Aliyun cloud-init Affected
SLES15-SP6-CHOST-BYOS-Azure cloud-init Affected
SLES15-SP6-CHOST-BYOS-EC2 cloud-init Affected
SLES15-SP6-CHOST-BYOS-GDC cloud-init Affected
SLES15-SP6-CHOST-BYOS-SAP-CCloud cloud-init Affected
SLES15-SP7-CHOST-BYOS-Aliyun cloud-init Affected
SLES15-SP7-CHOST-BYOS-Azure cloud-init Affected
SLES15-SP7-CHOST-BYOS-EC2 cloud-init Affected
SLES15-SP7-CHOST-BYOS-GDC cloud-init Affected
SLES15-SP7-CHOST-BYOS-SAP-CCloud cloud-init Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 cloud-init Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP6 cloud-init Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP7 cloud-init Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5 cloud-init Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Public Cloud 15 SP6 cloud-init Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Public Cloud 15 SP7 cloud-init Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6 cloud-init Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP7 cloud-init Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.0 cloud-init Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP6 cloud-init Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP7 cloud-init Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 16.0 cloud-init Affected
SUSE Linux Micro 6.0 cloud-init Affected
SUSE Linux Micro 6.1 cloud-init Affected
SUSE Linux Micro 6.2 cloud-init Affected
openSUSE Leap 15.6 cloud-init Affected
Products under Long Term Service Pack support and receiving important and critical security fixes.
SLES15-SP1-CHOST-BYOS-Azure cloud-init Affected
SLES15-SP1-CHOST-BYOS-EC2 cloud-init Affected
SLES15-SP2-CHOST-BYOS-Aliyun cloud-init Affected
SLES15-SP2-CHOST-BYOS-Azure cloud-init Affected
SLES15-SP2-CHOST-BYOS-EC2 cloud-init Affected
SLES15-SP3-CHOST-BYOS-Aliyun cloud-init Affected
SLES15-SP3-CHOST-BYOS-Azure cloud-init Affected
SLES15-SP3-CHOST-BYOS-EC2 cloud-init Affected
SLES15-SP3-CHOST-BYOS-SAP-CCloud cloud-init Affected
SLES15-SP4-CHOST-BYOS cloud-init Affected
SLES15-SP4-CHOST-BYOS-Aliyun cloud-init Affected
SLES15-SP4-CHOST-BYOS-Azure cloud-init Affected
SLES15-SP4-CHOST-BYOS-EC2 cloud-init Affected
SLES15-SP4-CHOST-BYOS-SAP-CCloud cloud-init Affected
SLES15-SP5-CHOST-BYOS-Aliyun cloud-init Affected
SLES15-SP5-CHOST-BYOS-Azure cloud-init Affected
SLES15-SP5-CHOST-BYOS-EC2 cloud-init Affected
SLES15-SP5-CHOST-BYOS-GDC cloud-init Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3 cloud-init Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4 cloud-init Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5 cloud-init Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Public Cloud 12 cloud-init Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Public Cloud 15 SP4 cloud-init Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Public Cloud 15 SP5 cloud-init Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 cloud-init Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3 cloud-init Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4 cloud-init Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5 cloud-init Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5 cloud-init Affected
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.3 cloud-init Affected
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.3 cloud-init Affected
SUSE Manager Server 4.3 cloud-init Affected
Products past their end of life and not receiving proactive updates anymore.
SUSE CaaS Platform 3.0 cloud-init Affected
SUSE Enterprise Storage 6 cloud-init Affected
SUSE Enterprise Storage 7 cloud-init Affected
SUSE Enterprise Storage 7.1 cloud-init Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1 cloud-init Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2 cloud-init Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Public Cloud 15 SP1 cloud-init Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Public Cloud 15 SP2 cloud-init Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Public Cloud 15 SP3 cloud-init Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 cloud-init Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3 cloud-init Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4 cloud-init Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1 cloud-init Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2 cloud-init Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 cloud-init Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3 cloud-init Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP4 cloud-init Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP1 cloud-init Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP2 cloud-init Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP3 cloud-init Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP4 cloud-init Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP5 cloud-init Affected
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.0 cloud-init Affected
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.1 cloud-init Affected
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.2 cloud-init Affected
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.0 cloud-init Affected
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.1 cloud-init Affected
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.2 cloud-init Affected
SUSE Manager Server 4.0 cloud-init Affected
SUSE Manager Server 4.1 cloud-init Affected
SUSE Manager Server 4.2 cloud-init Affected
openSUSE Leap 15.3 cloud-init Affected
openSUSE Leap 15.4 cloud-init Affected
openSUSE Leap 15.5 cloud-init Affected


SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Thu Jun 26 14:00:08 2025
CVE page last modified: Tue Sep 2 12:20:42 2025