CVE-2018-15869

MEDIUM

Hashicorp Packer < 1.3.0 - Incorrect Permission Assignment

Title source: rule
STIX 2.1

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.

References (2)

Core 2
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105172
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/hashicorp/packer/issues/6584

Scores

CVSS v3 5.3
EPSS 0.0055
EPSS Percentile 68.1%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Details

CWE
CWE-732
Status published
Products (1)
hashicorp/packer < 1.3.0
Published Aug 25, 2018
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026