CVE-2018-15869

awscli: Allows loading of an undesired AMI by setting similar image properties

Published Aug 25, 2018 CVSS 3.0 · 5.3 Medium EPSS 1.8% KEV · Not listed
Description
An Amazon Web Services (AWS) developer who does not specify the --owners flag when describing images via AWS CLI, and therefore not properly validating source software per AWS recommended security best practices, may unintentionally load an undesired and potentially malicious Amazon Machine Image (AMI) from the uncurated public community AMI catalog.

Remediation

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Advisories

Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2018-7726 An Amazon Web Services (AWS) developer who does not specify the --owners flag when describing images via AWS CLI, and therefore not properly validating source software per AWS recommended security best practices, may unintentionally load an undesired and potentially malicious Amazon Machine Image (AMI) from the uncurated public community AMI catalog.
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 5, 2024, 10:10 AM
Reserved
Aug 24, 2018, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Aug 25, 2018, 12:29 AM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 1:43 AM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
Aug 14, 2018, 12:00 AM