Is CVE-2024-6174 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2024-6174 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2024-6174?

CVE-2024-6174 has a CVSS v3 base score of 8.8 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2024-6174?

CVE-2024-6174 has an EPSS score of 0.20% (10th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2024-6174?

Upgrade cloud-init on debian 12 to 22.4.2-1+deb12u3 or later. Fixes are available for 4 affected products.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2024-6174

HIGH

8.8

CVSS v3

NVD

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.

CWE-287Improper Authentication

How to fix

Remediation Available

cloud-initDebian

Fixed in:22.4.2-1+deb12u3CVE-2024-6174

Fixed in:25.1.4-1CVE-2024-6174

cloud-initRed Hat / RHEL

Fixed in:0:24.4-3.el10_0.2RHSA-2025:10844

Fixed in:0:22.1-8.el8_8.2RHSA-2025:11339

Fixed in:0:21.1-15.el8_6.4RHSA-2025:11337

Fixed in:0:23.4-7.el8_10.10RHSA-2025:11324

Fixed in:0:23.4-7.el9_4.13RHSA-2025:10876

Fixed in:0:22.1-10.el9_2.1RHSA-2025:10879

Fixed in:0:24.4-4.el9_6.3RHSA-2025:10848

Fixed in:0:23.4-7.el9_4.13RHSA-2025:10876

Fixed in:0:24.4-4.el9_6.3RHSA-2025:10848

Fixed in:0:21.1-19.el9_0.7RHSA-2025:11295

cloud-initRocky

Fixed in:0:24.4-3.el10_0.2RHSA-2025:10844

Fixed in:0:22.1-8.el8_8.2RHSA-2025:11339

Fixed in:0:21.1-15.el8_6.4RHSA-2025:11337

Fixed in:0:23.4-7.el8_10.10RHSA-2025:11324

Fixed in:0:23.4-7.el9_4.13RHSA-2025:10876

Fixed in:0:22.1-10.el9_2.1RHSA-2025:10879

Fixed in:0:21.1-19.el9_0.7RHSA-2025:11295

Fixed in:0:24.4-4.el9_6.3RHSA-2025:10848

Fixed in:0:23.4-7.el9_4.13RHSA-2025:10876

Fixed in:0:22.1-10.el9_2.1RHSA-2025:10879

Fixed in:0:21.1-19.el9_0.7RHSA-2025:11295

cloud-initUbuntu

Fixed in:21.1-19-gbad84ad4-0ubuntu1~16.04.4+esm2USN-7677-1

Fixed in:23.1.2-0ubuntu0~18.04.1+esm1USN-7677-1

Fixed in:24.4.1-0ubuntu0~20.04.3+esm1USN-7677-1

Fixed in:25.1.4-0ubuntu0~22.04.1USN-7677-1

Fixed in:25.1.4-0ubuntu0~24.04.1USN-7677-1

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorAdjacent

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

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

Exploit Intelligence

0.20%probability of exploitation in 30 days

10thpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 10% of all known CVEs.

References

Release Notes1

github.com

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-287 (Improper Authentication) vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2023-35082	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV + Ransom	Fix
CVE-2023-35078	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV + Ransom	Fix
CVE-2017-7921	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV	-
CVE-2024-7593	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV	-
CVE-2023-46805	High	8.2	100%	KEV + Ransom	-
CVE-2022-40684	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV + Ransom	Fix

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