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CVE-2018-15869

MEDIUM · CVSS 5.3 EPSS 1.80% Public Exploit

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2018-08-25 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a medium severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.3. Public exploit code or proof-of-concept references have been detected in its references.

Public Exploit Signal

A public exploit, PoC, GitHub repository or Metasploit reference was detected for this CVE.

GitHub PoC Links

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CVE
CVE-2018-15869
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
5.3
EPSS
1.80%

Original NVD 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.

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