Google: app-emulation/cloud-init: security update to 18244.448.20

medium Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 451837

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

- 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. (CVE-2024-11584)

Solution

Update the app-emulation/cloud-init library and its related packages to version 18244.448.20 or later.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 451837

Version: Revision 1.1

Type: Local

Family: Google COS Security Checks

Published: 10/1/2026

Updated: 10/1/2026

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 2.8

Percentile: 22.59

Vendor

Vendor Severity: MEDIUM

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-11584

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Temporal Score: 4.6

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/26/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-11584

Detections

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