# CVE-2024-11584: Privilege escalation in cloud-init

> An unprivileged user can trigger hotplug-hook commands via a world-writable socket, potentially leading to privilege escalation or code execution.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.9 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 26 Jun 2025
- **Updated:** 26 Jun 2025
- **Also known as:** AZL-64337, AZL-64371, CLSA-2025-1760018787, CLSA-2026-1779098063, CLSA-2026-1791379849, DEBIAN-CVE-2024-11584, GHSA-3xmh-hrxh-fx8j, UBUNTU-CVE-2024-11584

## What is CVE-2024-11584?

CVE-2024-11584 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Canonical cloud-init, published on 26 Jun 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official 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.

Weakness: CWE-732 (Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-11584?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Canonical Cloud-Init.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-11584?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2024-11584 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-11584 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Canonical cloud-init

- [CVE-2024-6174](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-6174/): Hardcoded credentials in cloud-init (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2012-6639](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2012-6639/): Privilege escalation in cloud-init (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2023-1786](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-1786/): sensitive data exposure in cloud-init logs (medium 5.5)
- [CVE-2021-3429](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-3429/): sensitive data exposure in cloud-init logs (medium 5.5)
- [CVE-2022-2084](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-2084/): sensitive data exposure in cloud-init logs (medium 5.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-11584 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-11584 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Canonical cloud-init, published on 26 Jun 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-11584 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Canonical cloud-init. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-11584/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-11584/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-11584
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-11584
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-11584

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-11584/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.