RHSA-2020:3644 — Security Advisory

Red Hat Security Advisory: cloud-init security update

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Severity

Low

Red Hat Product Security

RHEL 8

Products

Official CSAF product identity

Published · September 8, 2020

Updated · June 30, 2026

Topic

An update for cloud-init is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Extended Update Support.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Low. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.

Description

The cloud-init packages provide a set of init scripts for cloud instances. Cloud instances need special scripts to run during initialization to retrieve and install SSH keys, and to let the user run various scripts.

Security Fix(es):

  • cloud-init: default configuration disabled deletion of SSH host keys (CVE-2018-10896)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Related CVEs

RHSA-2020:3644 — Red Hat Security Advisory: cloud-init security update | PulseLinux