cloud-init - Debian Package Tracker

general

source: cloud-init (main)
version: 26.1-1
maintainer: Debian Cloud Team (archive) (DMD)
uploaders: Bastian Blank [DMD] – Noah Meyerhans [DMD] – Thomas Goirand [DMD]
arch: all
std-ver: 4.6.1
VCS: Git (Browse, QA)

versions [more versions can be listed by madison] [old versions available from snapshot.debian.org]

[pool directory]

o-o-stable: 20.4.1-2+deb11u1
oldstable: 22.4.2-1+deb12u3
stable: 25.1.4-1+deb13u1
testing: 26.1-1
unstable: 26.1-1

versioned links

20.4.1-2+deb11u1: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
22.4.2-1+deb12u3: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
25.1.4-1+deb13u1: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
26.1-1: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]

binaries

cloud-init (7 bugs: 0, 5, 2, 0)

action needed

1 bug tagged patch in the BTS normal

The BTS contains patches fixing 1 bug, consider including or untagging them.

Created: 2026-04-06 Last update: 2026-05-09 09:30

2 new commits since last upload, is it time to release? normal

vcswatch reports that this package seems to have new commits in its VCS but has not yet updated debian/changelog. You should consider updating the Debian changelog and uploading this new version into the archive.

Here are the relevant commit logs:

commit 8f4c58409a821913392c1d10d442483ad1cdf03f
Merge: f6fd898 fa3bf50
Author: Noah Meyerhans <noahm@debian.org>
Date:   Thu Apr 30 16:08:06 2026 +0000

    Merge branch 'master' into 'master'
    
    d/control: refresh build-deps and binary deps
    
    See merge request cloud-team/cloud-init!14

commit fa3bf5056141ec4c3866224c52d07509f733d8a9
Author: Noah Meyerhans <noahm@debian.org>
Date:   Thu Apr 30 11:14:06 2026 -0400

    d/control: refresh build-deps and binary deps
    
    Move many build-deps to Build-Depends-Indep and mark them !nocheck
    where appropriate.
    
    Drop old unnecessary version constraints
    
    Closes: #1135087

Created: 2026-04-30 Last update: 2026-05-06 00:34

1 low-priority security issue in bookworm low

There is 1 open security issue in bookworm.

1 issue left for the package maintainer to handle:

CVE-2023-1786: (needs triaging) Sensitive data could be exposed in logs of cloud-init before version 23.1.2. An attacker could use this information to find hashed passwords and possibly escalate their privilege.

You can find information about how to handle this issue in the security team's documentation.

Created: 2023-06-10 Last update: 2026-04-28 19:02

debian/patches: 4 patches to forward upstream low

Among the 5 debian patches available in version 26.1-1 of the package, we noticed the following issues:

4 patches where the metadata indicates that the patch has not yet been forwarded upstream. You should either forward the patch upstream or update the metadata to document its real status.

Created: 2023-02-26 Last update: 2026-04-04 07:02

Standards version of the package is outdated. wishlist

The package should be updated to follow the last version of Debian Policy (Standards-Version 4.7.4 instead of 4.6.1).

Created: 2020-11-17 Last update: 2026-04-03 22:46

news

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[2026-04-09] cloud-init 26.1-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2026-04-03] Accepted cloud-init 26.1-1 (source) into unstable (Noah Meyerhans)
[2025-12-20] Accepted cloud-init 25.1.4-1+deb13u1 (source) into proposed-updates (Debian FTP Masters) (signed by: Noah Meyerhans)
[2025-10-23] cloud-init 25.3-2 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2025-10-17] Accepted cloud-init 25.3-2 (source) into unstable (Noah Meyerhans)
[2025-10-16] Accepted cloud-init 25.3-1 (source) into unstable (Noah Meyerhans)
[2025-08-25] cloud-init 25.2-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2025-08-19] Accepted cloud-init 25.2-1 (source) into unstable (Noah Meyerhans)
[2025-07-15] cloud-init 25.1.4-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2025-07-12] Accepted cloud-init 22.4.2-1+deb12u3 (source) into proposed-updates (Debian FTP Masters) (signed by: Noah Meyerhans)
[2025-07-08] Accepted cloud-init 25.1.4-1 (source) into unstable (Noah Meyerhans)
[2025-03-30] cloud-init 25.1.1-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2025-03-24] Accepted cloud-init 25.1.1-1 (source) into unstable (Noah Meyerhans)
[2025-03-01] cloud-init 25.1-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2025-02-23] Accepted cloud-init 25.1-1 (source) into unstable (Noah Meyerhans)
[2025-01-29] cloud-init 24.4.1-2 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2025-01-24] Accepted cloud-init 24.4.1-2 (source) into unstable (Noah Meyerhans)
[2025-01-22] cloud-init 24.4.1-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2025-01-16] Accepted cloud-init 24.4.1-1 (source) into unstable (Noah Meyerhans)
[2024-12-10] cloud-init 24.4-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2024-12-04] Accepted cloud-init 24.4-1 (source) into unstable (Noah Meyerhans)
[2024-10-19] Accepted cloud-init 22.4.2-1+deb12u2 (source) into proposed-updates (Debian FTP Masters) (signed by: Noah Meyerhans)
[2024-10-08] cloud-init 24.3.1-2 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2024-10-02] Accepted cloud-init 24.3.1-2 (source) into unstable (Noah Meyerhans)
[2024-09-23] cloud-init 24.3.1-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2024-09-17] Accepted cloud-init 24.3.1-1 (source) into unstable (Noah Meyerhans)
[2024-07-09] cloud-init 24.2-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2024-07-09] cloud-init 24.2-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2024-07-03] Accepted cloud-init 24.2-1 (source) into unstable (Noah Meyerhans)
[2024-06-24] cloud-init 24.1.7-3 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)

bugs [bug history graph]

all: 9
RC: 0
I&N: 6
M&W: 2
F&P: 1
patch: 1

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ubuntu

[Information about Ubuntu for Debian Developers]

version: 26.1-0ubuntu2
69 bugs (4 patches)
patches for 26.1-0ubuntu2