CVE-2026-18654
Full vulnerability record from the local CVENow database.
Description
Key exchange without entity authentication in the EMR SSH helper commands in Amazon AWS CLI before 1.45.28 and AWS CLI v2 before 2.35.3 might allow man-in-the-middle attackers to intercept SSHsessions and file transfers via network positioning between the client and the EMR cluster endpoint. To remediate this issue, users should upgrade to AWS CLI v1 1.45.28 or later, or AWS CLI v2 2.35.3 or later.
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS score
6.9
(v4.0)
Vulnerability status
Analyzed
Source identifier
ff89ba41-3aa1-4d27-914a-91399e9639e5
Published
2026-08-03 20:17:17.383000
Last modified
2026-10-23 21:10:00.157000
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