Amazon Linux 2 Security Advisory: ALAS2-2025-2926
Advisory Released Date: 2025-07-10
Advisory Updated Date: 2025-07-10
Severity:
Important
Issue Overview:
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. (CVE-2024-6174)
Affected Packages:
cloud-init
Note:
This advisory is applicable to Amazon Linux 2 (AL2) Core repository. Visit this FAQ section for the difference between AL2 Core and AL2 Extras advisories.
Issue Correction:
Run yum update cloud-init to update your system.
New Packages:
noarch:
cloud-init-19.3-46.amzn2.0.6.noarch
src:
cloud-init-19.3-46.amzn2.0.6.src