VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2018-15869

CVSS score5.3 MEDIUM
EPSS probability1.80%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2018-08-25
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

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.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-732: Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource

Primary references