Improper Authorization in Amazon EC2 - CVE-2020-2188
Published: May 7, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU27614
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 5.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-2188
CWE-ID: CWE-285
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote user to bypass authorization checks.
The vulnerability exists due to the affected plugin performs improper permission checks when providing a list of applicable credentials IDs to allow users configuring the plugin to select the one to use. A remote authenticated attacker with Overall/Read permission can get a list of valid credentials IDs.
Affected software
Amazon EC2
How to mitigate CVE-2020-2188
Install updates from vendor's website.
Amazon EC2 - update to 1.50.2