CVE-2020-8897
unknown
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
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Description
Security issues in AWS KMS and AWS Encryption SDKs: in-band protocol negotiation and robustness
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
30%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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Package impact
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maven | com.amazonaws:aws-encryption-sdk-java | <2.0.0 | 2.0.0 |
| PyPI | aws-encryption-sdk | <2.0.0 | 2.0.0 |
References
- https://github.com/google/security-research/security/advisories/GHSA-wqgp-vphw-hphf
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-8897
- https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/security/improved-client-side-encryption-explicit-keyids-and-key-commitment
- https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/aws-encryption-sdk/PYSEC-2020-261.yaml
- https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/security/improved-client-side-encryption-explicit-keyids-and-key-commitment/
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
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