CVE-2026-18654

MEDIUMPre-NVD 6.86.8—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

This medium-severity CVE scores 6.8 under a secondary CVSS source (NVD's own analysis pending). EPSS exploit probability: 0.3% (19th percentile of EPSS-scored CVEs). GitHub Security Advisory data not yet ingested — confidence will rise once GHSA publishes (typical lag: hours to days for open-source ecosystem CVEs; never for infrastructure-only CVEs).

Triggered by: NVD CVSS baseline
Sources: epss, secondary
6.8EG
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
  • Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0.3%CVSS: 6.8Exploit: None knownExposed services: Not assessed

A fix is available — apply it.

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.

CVSS v3
6.8
EG Score
6.8MEDIUMmedium confidence
EG Risk
31
EG Risk 31/100CISA SSVC

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity68% × 45%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability0% × 15%
CISA SSVC: Track at every mission impact level.
Action: A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines.
EPSS PROB
0.3%
EPSS %ILE
19th
KEV
Not listed

CISA SSVCTrack at every mission impact level.

A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines.

Exploitation none (CISA Vulnrichment) · Automatable no (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact partial (CISA Vulnrichment). Mission impact is CISA's Mission & Well-being decision point, and only you can judge it: high means the affected system is essential to your organisation's mission, or its compromise could cause irreversible harm to people. CISA's decision table

Published

August 3, 2026

Last Modified

August 4, 2026

Advisory Details (4)

Auto-updated Aug 3, 2026
Patch available. Sources: github.
github Patch Available

Disabled SSH host key verification in Amazon AWS CLI EMR helper commands · Advisory · aws/aws-cli · GitHub

https://github.com/aws/aws-cli/security/advisories/GHSA-hqvf-45jj-mccq
generic

aws-cli/CHANGELOG.rst at v2 · aws/aws-cli · GitHub

https://github.com/aws/aws-cli/blob/v2/CHANGELOG.rst
generic

aws-cli/CHANGELOG.rst at develop · aws/aws-cli · GitHub

https://github.com/aws/aws-cli/blob/develop/CHANGELOG.rst
generic

CVE-2026-18654 - Disabled SSH host key verification in AWS CLI EMR helper commands

https://aws.amazon.com/security/security-bulletins/2026-071-aws/

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-18654(2)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Affected Packages

(1 across 1 ecosystem)
PyPI(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
awscli0.10.1 ... 1.9.9 (2458 versions)
  • every version up to 1.45.28: fixed in 1.45.28
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Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Data Freshness Timeline

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Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-18654?
CVE-2026-18654 is a medium vulnerability published on August 3, 2026. 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…
When was CVE-2026-18654 disclosed?
CVE-2026-18654 was first published on August 3, 2026, with the most recent update on August 4, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-18654 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-18654 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days (19th percentile of EPSS-scored CVEs).
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-18654?
CVE-2026-18654 has a CVSS base score of 6.8 (a secondary CVSS source that NVD displays; NVD's own analysis pending).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-18654?
A fix for CVE-2026-18654 is available: update to the fixed version the vendor names in its advisory. The vendor advisories EchelonGraph has for CVE-2026-18654 are linked in the Vendor Advisories panel on this page.

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