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.
Fixed in Linux distributions
Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.
Debian
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian 12 | packer | 1.3.1+dfsg-1 | — |
Ubuntu
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu 26.10 | awscli | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 26.04 LTS | awscli | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 25.10 | awscli | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 20.04 LTS | packer | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 18.04 LTS | packer | No fix yet | — |
Show 1 more (older releases, extended support, other products)Fewer releases
| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu Pro 22.04 LTS | packer | No fix yet | — |
SUSE
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| SLES 15 | aws-cli | 1.16.61-4.7.1 | SUSE-RU-2018:4074-1 |
| SLES 15 | python-boto3 | 1.9.57-3.5.1 | SUSE-RU-2018:4074-1 |
| SLES 15 | python-botocore | 1.12.57-3.5.1 | SUSE-RU-2018:4074-1 |
| SLES 15 | python-s3transfer | 0.1.13-3.3.6 | SUSE-RU-2018:4074-1 |
| SLES 12 | aws-cli | 1.16.297-22.11.1 | SUSE-SU-2020:0251-1 |
Show 3 more (older releases, extended support, other products)Fewer releases
| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 8 | aws-cli | 1.16.297-22.11.1 | SUSE-SU-2020:0251-1 |
| SUSE OpenStack Cloud 8 | aws-cli | 1.16.297-22.11.1 | SUSE-SU-2020:0251-1 |
| SUSE HPE Helion OpenStack 8 | aws-cli | 1.16.297-22.11.1 | SUSE-SU-2020:0251-1 |
openSUSE
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| openSUSE Tumbleweed | aws-cli | 1.20.7-2.2 | openSUSE-SU-2024:10644-1 |
Advisories 3
- openSUSE-SU-2024:10644-1 aws-cli-1.20.7-2.2 on GA media SUSE / openSUSE Security Updates · Feb 4, 2026
- SUSE-SU-2020:0251-1 Security update for aws-cli SUSE / openSUSE Security Updates · Feb 4, 2026
- SUSE-RU-2018:4074-1 Recommended update for aws-cli, python-boto3, python-botocore, python-s3transfer SUSE / openSUSE Security Updates · Feb 4, 2026