Ubuntu 16.04 — cloud-init — multiple vulnerabilities (4 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide
🟡 Medium ⏱ 10–30 min Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Ubuntu 16.04 (xenial) 📖 ~4 min read • Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-7677-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2024-6174 CVE-2024-11584 CVE-2023-1786 https://bugs.launchpad.net/cloud-init/+bug/2013967 Upstream summary: Harry Sintonen discovered that the hotplugd socket in cloud-init was world writable. An attacker could possibly use this issue to send […]