rhsa-2025:10879
Vulnerability from csaf_redhat
Published
2025-07-14 11:16
Modified
2025-08-13 06:03
Summary
Red Hat Security Advisory: cloud-init security update
Notes
Topic
An update for cloud-init is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 Update Services for SAP Solutions.
Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.
Details
The cloud-init packages provide a set of init scripts for cloud instances. Cloud instances need special scripts to run during initialization to retrieve and install SSH keys, and to let the user run various scripts.
Security Fix(es):
* cloud-init: Cloud init permissions flaw (CVE-2024-6174)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.
Terms of Use
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