{"id":"CVE-2012-6639","aliases":["DEBIAN-CVE-2012-6639","EUVD-2012-6485","GHSA-53qp-p4j3-jj3w"],"status":"published","title":"An privilege elevation vulnerability exists in Cloud-init before 0.7.0 when requests to an...","description":"An privilege elevation vulnerability exists in Cloud-init before 0.7.0 when requests to an untrusted system are submitted for EC2 instance data.","severity":{"version":"3.1","score":8.8,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"high","assessor":"primary","from":"nvd"},"epss":{"day":"2026-11-08","score":0.02049,"percentile":0.81354,"model":"v2026.06.15"},"facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":false,"fix_available":true},"cwes":["CWE-269"],"published":"2019-11-25T17:29:09Z","modified":"2026-10-23T18:02:55Z","fixes":[{"ecosystem":"Debian:12","package":"cloud-init","fixed_in":["0.7.1-1"],"sources":["osv"]},{"ecosystem":"Debian:13","package":"cloud-init","fixed_in":["0.7.1-1"],"sources":["osv"]},{"ecosystem":"Debian:14","package":"cloud-init","fixed_in":["0.7.1-1"],"sources":["osv"]}],"affected":[{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Debian:12","package":"cloud-init","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"0.7.1-1"}]}]},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Debian:13","package":"cloud-init","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"0.7.1-1"}]}]},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Debian:14","package":"cloud-init","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"0.7.1-1"}]}]}],"products":[{"vendor":"canonical","product":"cloud-init"},{"vendor":"cloud-init","product":"cloud-init"},{"vendor":"debian","product":"debian_linux"},{"vendor":"suse","product":"linux_enterprise_server"}],"references":[{"url":"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-6639","tags":["x_refsource_MISC","x_transferred","Third Party Advisory","advisory"]},{"url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2012-6639","tags":["x_refsource_MISC","x_transferred","Issue Tracking","Third Party Advisory","advisory","report"]},{"url":"https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2012-6639","tags":["x_refsource_MISC","x_transferred","Issue Tracking","Third Party Advisory","advisory","report"]},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2012-6639","tags":["x_refsource_MISC","x_transferred","Patch","Third Party Advisory","advisory","fix"]},{"url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/03/06/7","tags":["x_refsource_MISC","x_transferred","Mailing List","Third Party Advisory","advisory","article"]},{"url":"https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/66019/references","tags":["x_refsource_MISC","x_transferred","Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry","advisory"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-6639"},{"url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-53qp-p4j3-jj3w"}],"sources":{"cve":[{"id":"CVE-2012-6639","description":"An privilege elevation vulnerability exists in Cloud-init before 0.7.0 when requests to an untrusted system are submitted for EC2 instance data.","status":"published","published":"2019-11-25T17:29:09Z","modified":"2024-08-06T21:36:01.96Z","updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:34:51.269982Z"}],"euvd":[{"id":"EUVD-2012-6485","description":"An privilege elevation vulnerability exists in Cloud-init before 0.7.0 when requests to an untrusted system are submitted for EC2 instance data.","status":"published","published":"2019-11-25T17:29:09Z","modified":"2024-08-06T21:36:01Z","updated_at":"2026-11-03T01:56:01.964017Z"}],"ghsa":[{"id":"GHSA-53qp-p4j3-jj3w","title":"An privilege elevation vulnerability exists in Cloud-init before 0.7.0 when requests to an...","description":"An privilege elevation vulnerability exists in Cloud-init before 0.7.0 when requests to an untrusted system are submitted for EC2 instance data.","status":"published","published":"2022-04-23T00:40:20Z","modified":"2024-04-03T23:52:34Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":8.8,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"high"}],"cwes":["CWE-269"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:55:47.283285Z"}],"nvd":[{"id":"CVE-2012-6639","description":"An privilege elevation vulnerability exists in Cloud-init before 0.7.0 when requests to an untrusted system are submitted for EC2 instance data.","status":"published","published":"2019-11-25T18:15:11.517Z","modified":"2026-06-16T23:48:31.79Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":8.8,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"high","assessor":"primary"},{"version":"2.0","score":9,"vector":"AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C","level":"high","assessor":"primary"}],"cwes":["CWE-269"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:02:18.043773Z"}],"osv":[{"id":"CVE-2012-6639","description":"An privilege elevation vulnerability exists in Cloud-init before 0.7.0 when requests to an untrusted system are submitted for EC2 instance data.","status":"published","published":"2019-11-25T18:15:11Z","modified":"2026-04-10T03:42:36.517717Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":8.8,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"high"}],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:43:58.802805Z"},{"id":"DEBIAN-CVE-2012-6639","description":"An privilege elevation vulnerability exists in Cloud-init before 0.7.0 when requests to an untrusted system are submitted for EC2 instance data.","status":"published","published":"2019-11-25T18:15:11.517Z","modified":"2026-10-23T18:02:55.336527982Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":8.8,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"high"}],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:45:25.218101Z"}]}}