Cloud Init

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.

Published: 2025-06-26T09:15:25.462Z
Updated: 2025-06-26T17:38:50.843Z

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.

Published: 2025-06-26T09:25:20.199Z
Updated: 2025-06-26T19:14:46.084Z

Sensitive data could be exposed in logs of cloud-init before version 23.1.2. An attacker could use this information to find hashed passwords and possibly escalate their privilege.

Published: 2023-04-26T22:23:47.305Z
Updated: 2025-02-13T16:39:30.230Z

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.

Published: 2023-04-19T21:47:41.034Z
Updated: 2025-02-05T14:42:29.207Z

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.

Published: 2023-04-19T21:42:02.402Z
Updated: 2025-02-05T14:44:18.828Z

In cloud-init through 19.4, rand_user_password in cloudinit/config/cc_set_passwords.py has a small default pwlen value, which makes it easier for attackers to guess passwords.

Published: 2020-02-05T13:40:05.000Z
Updated: 2024-08-04T10:03:46.284Z

cloud-init through 19.4 relies on Mersenne Twister for a random password, which makes it easier for attackers to predict passwords, because rand_str in cloudinit/util.py calls the random.choice function.

Published: 2020-02-05T13:39:50.000Z
Updated: 2024-08-04T10:03:46.363Z

The default cloud-init configuration, in cloud-init 0.6.2 and newer, included "ssh_deletekeys: 0", disabling cloud-init's deletion of ssh host keys. In some environments, this could lead to instances created by cloning a golden master or template system, sharing ssh host keys, and being able to impersonate one another or conduct man-in-the-middle attacks.

Published: 2018-08-01T17:00:00.000Z
Updated: 2024-08-05T07:54:36.167Z

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

Published: 2019-11-25T17:29:09.000Z
Updated: 2024-08-06T21:36:01.960Z