CVE-2018-15869

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    CVE-2018-15869

    Published: 25 Aug 2018Last Modified: 8 Jul 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105172, https://github.com/hashicorp/packer/issues/6584

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name:

    Purl:

    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -20eb6c98edcbb5cd3b78299c8ca1b5cba67ce0cb

    Affected versions

    v1.2.5
    v1.2.4
    v1.2.3
    v1.2.1
    v1.2.0

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High