Advisory Details

August 23rd, 2024

Amazon AWS CloudFormation Templates Uncontrolled Search Path Element Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

CVE ID
CVSS SCORE	9.8, AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
AFFECTED VENDORS	Amazon
AFFECTED PRODUCTS	AWS
VULNERABILITY DETAILS	This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of Amazon AWS. Authentication is not required to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the installation of AWS Simple Storage Service. When installed from the official GitHub repository, the installation attempts to load a non-existent cloud resource that is vulnerable to takeover. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code on systems dependent on the cloud resource.
ADDITIONAL DETAILS	Amazon has issued an update to correct this vulnerability. More details can be found at: https://github.com/aws-samples/amazon-es-service-recommended-alarms/commit/6115796183fc8cf4ef505f2efe9135b4566e1f9b
DISCLOSURE TIMELINE	2024-04-25 - Vulnerability reported to vendor 2024-08-23 - Coordinated public release of advisory 2024-08-23 - Advisory Updated
CREDIT	Nitesh Surana (@_niteshsurana) of Trend Micro Research

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