5.3

CVE-2018-15869: hashicorp packer

CVSS: 5.3v3.0MediumModified
AliasesSUSE-RU-2018:4074-1SUSE-SU-2020:0251-1UBUNTU-CVE-2018-15869
Published 25-08-2018Last modified 05-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2018-15869 is a medium (CVSS 5.3) vulnerability in hashicorp packer. EPSS estimates a 1.80% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 78.2% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
22/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
5.3/10
010
Medium · v3.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
1.80%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 25-08-2018
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 05-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

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.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 3 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

1.80%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

78%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 1.80% on 20-09-2026

20-09-202620-10-2026
EPSS score
1.80%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Suse11 products
  • aws-cli&distro=HPE Helion OpenStack 8< 1.16.297-22.11.1
  • aws-cli&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Public Cloud 12< 1.16.297-22.11.1
  • aws-cli&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Public Cloud 15< 1.16.61-4.7.1
  • aws-cli&distro=SUSE OpenStack Cloud 8< 1.16.297-22.11.1
  • aws-cli&distro=SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 8< 1.16.297-22.11.1
Ubuntu2 products
  • awscliAll versions (No fix recorded)
  • packerAll versions (No fix recorded)
Debian1 product
  • packer< 1.3.1+dfsg-1
Hashicorp1 product
Opensuse1 product
  • aws-cli&distro=openSUSE Tumbleweed< 1.20.7-2.2

5 vendors · 16 products

References

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