awscli: Allows loading of an undesired AMI by setting similar image properties
Published Aug 25, 2018
5.3
MEDIUMCVSS 3.0
EPSS 1.80%
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.
Affected products
No data.
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
awscli
Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
awscli
Not affected
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | awscli | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 | awscli | Not affected | n/a |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2021–2026- EPSS v1
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v1
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (17 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 1.80% (0.01801) | 77.71th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 1.80% (0.01801) | 75.59th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 0.64% (0.00637) | 68.06th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 2.02% (0.02024) | 72.97th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Jul 20, 2024 | 0.07% (0.00070) | 31.04th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 4, 2024 | 0.07% (0.00070) | 30.85th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jan 15, 2024 | 0.07% (0.00065) | 26.87th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 0.08% (0.00083) | 34.01th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.09% (0.00088) | 36.06th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 0.89% (0.00885) | 27.89th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Sep 10, 2022 | 0.89% (0.00885) | 26.24th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 0.89% (0.00885) | 24.24th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 0.89% (0.00885) | 10.50th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 3, 2022 | 0.66% (0.00663) | 18.75th | v1 |
| Jan 6, 2022 | 0.66% (0.00663) | 18.17th | v1 |
| Sep 1, 2021 | 0.66% (0.00663) | 47.40th | v1 |
| Apr 14, 2021 | 0.66% (0.00663) | 0.00th | v1 |
References (6)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105172 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-15869 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1623095 Issue Tracking
- https://github.com/hashicorp/packer/issues/6584 x_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-15869
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-15869
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105172 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-15869 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1623095 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://github.com/hashicorp/packer/issues/6584 | x_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-15869 | ||
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-15869 |
Change history (0)
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