Is CVE-2018-15869 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2018-15869 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2018-15869?

CVE-2018-15869 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.3 (MEDIUM).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2018-15869?

CVE-2018-15869 has an EPSS score of 1.80% (76th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2018-15869?

Upgrade packer on debian 11 to 1.3.1+dfsg-1 or later. Fixes are available for 2 affected products.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2018-15869

MEDIUMEPSS 76th pctl

5.3

CVSS v3

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.

CWE-732Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource

How to fix

Remediation Available

packerDebian

Fixed in:1.3.1+dfsg-1CVE-2018-15869

HashiCorp PackerWindows application

Affected:1.3.0Fixed in:1.3.0HashiCorp

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityNone

IntegrityLow

AvailabilityNone

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Exploit Intelligence

1.80%probability of exploitation in 30 days

76thpercentile

Elevated risk: more likely to be exploited than 76% of all known CVEs.

References

Third-Party Advisory2

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-732 (Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource) vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2011-3923	Critical	9.8	89%	-	Fix
CVE-2018-15379	Critical	9.8	86%	-	-
CVE-2018-1000207	High	7.2	64%	-	-
CVE-2023-32986	High	8.8	63%	-	-
CVE-2021-44521	Critical	9.1	55%	-	Fix
CVE-2018-13374	Medium	4.3	38%	KEV + Ransom	Fix

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2024-11-21.