Use of Incorrectly-Resolved Name or Reference Affecting cloud-init package, versions <18.3-6
Threat Intelligence
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Test your applications- Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN14-CLOUDINIT-11739766
- published10 Aug 2025
- disclosed9 Apr 2019
Introduced: 9 Apr 2019
CVE-2019-0816 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade Debian:14 cloud-init to version 18.3-6 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream cloud-init package and not the cloud-init package as distributed by Debian.
See How to fix? for Debian:14 relevant fixed versions and status.
A security feature bypass exists in Azure SSH Keypairs, due to a change in the provisioning logic for some Linux images that use cloud-init, aka 'Azure SSH Keypairs Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability'.