[MAVEN:GHSA-C89C-PVM7-33WJ] Lack of SSL/TLS certificate and hostname validation in Amazon EC2 Plugin

Severity Moderate
Affected Packages 1
Fixed Packages 1
CVEs 1

Amazon EC2 Plugin connects to Windows agents via HTTPS.

Amazon EC2 Plugin 1.50.1 and earlier unconditionally accepts self-signed HTTPS certificates and does not perform hostname validation when connecting to Windows agents. This lack of validation could be abused using a man-in-the-middle attack to intercept these connections to build agents.

Amazon EC2 Plugin 1.50.2 by default no longer accepts self-signed HTTPS certificates and performs hostname validation. A new configuration option allows restoring the previous, unsafe behavior. For more information see the plugin documentation.

Package Affected Version
pkg:maven/org.jenkins-ci.plugins/ec2 <= 1.50.1
Package Fixed Version
pkg:maven/org.jenkins-ci.plugins/ec2 = 1.50.2
ID
MAVEN:GHSA-C89C-PVM7-33WJ
Severity
moderate
URL
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-c89c-pvm7-33wj
Published
2022-05-24T17:17:15
(2 years ago)
Modified
2023-12-20T13:30:15
(9 months ago)
Rights
Maven Security Team
Other Advisories
Type Package URL Namespace Name / Product Version Distribution / Platform Arch Patch / Fix
Affected pkg:maven/org.jenkins-ci.plugins/ec2 org.jenkins-ci.plugins ec2 <= 1.50.1
Fixed pkg:maven/org.jenkins-ci.plugins/ec2 org.jenkins-ci.plugins ec2 = 1.50.2
# CVE Description CVSS EPSS EPSS Trend (30 days) Affected Products Weaknesses Security Advisories Exploits PoC Pubblication Date Modification Date
# CVE Description CVSS EPSS EPSS Trend (30 days) Affected Products Weaknesses Security Advisories PoC Pubblication Date Modification Date
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