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TI-2012-04822 Aliases CVE-2012-5781GHSA-jq6c-7fgr-64pp

Amazon Elastic Load Balancing API Tools does not verify that the server hostname matches…

Priority LOW 27CWE-20Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
— Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity
Medium
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
Partial · Partial · None
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.

Summary

Amazon Elastic Load Balancing API Tools does not verify that the server hostname matches a domain name in the subject's Common Name (CN) or subjectAltName field of the X.509 certificate, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof SSL servers via an arbitrary valid certificate, related to overriding the default JDK X509TrustManager.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.00725 54th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 11

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:amazon:elastic_load_balancing:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*not specified by NVDVulnerableAWS
cpe:2.3:a:amazon:elastic_load_balancing:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.0VulnerableAWS
cpe:2.3:a:amazon:elastic_load_balancing:1.0:1:*:*:*:*:*:*1.0 1VulnerableAWS
cpe:2.3:a:amazon:elastic_load_balancing:1.0.3.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.0.3.4VulnerableAWS
cpe:2.3:a:amazon:elastic_load_balancing:1.0.9.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.0.9.3VulnerableAWS
cpe:2.3:a:amazon:elastic_load_balancing:1.0.10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.0.10.0VulnerableAWS
cpe:2.3:a:amazon:elastic_load_balancing:1.0.11.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.0.11.1VulnerableAWS
cpe:2.3:a:amazon:elastic_load_balancing:1.0.12.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.0.12.0VulnerableAWS
cpe:2.3:a:amazon:elastic_load_balancing:1.0.14.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.0.14.3VulnerableAWS
cpe:2.3:a:amazon:elastic_load_balancing:1.0.15.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.0.15.1VulnerableAWS
  • cpe:2.3:a:amazon:elastic_load_balancing:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions not specified by NVD Vulnerable ·AWS
  • cpe:2.3:a:amazon:elastic_load_balancing:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.0 Vulnerable ·AWS
  • cpe:2.3:a:amazon:elastic_load_balancing:1.0:1:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.0 1 Vulnerable ·AWS
  • cpe:2.3:a:amazon:elastic_load_balancing:1.0.3.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.0.3.4 Vulnerable ·AWS
  • cpe:2.3:a:amazon:elastic_load_balancing:1.0.9.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.0.9.3 Vulnerable ·AWS
  • cpe:2.3:a:amazon:elastic_load_balancing:1.0.10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.0.10.0 Vulnerable ·AWS
  • cpe:2.3:a:amazon:elastic_load_balancing:1.0.11.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.0.11.1 Vulnerable ·AWS
  • cpe:2.3:a:amazon:elastic_load_balancing:1.0.12.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.0.12.0 Vulnerable ·AWS
  • cpe:2.3:a:amazon:elastic_load_balancing:1.0.14.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.0.14.3 Vulnerable ·AWS
  • cpe:2.3:a:amazon:elastic_load_balancing:1.0.15.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.0.15.1 Vulnerable ·AWS
Show 1 more CPE
CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:amazon:elastic_load_balancing:1.0.17.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.0.17.0VulnerableAWS
  • cpe:2.3:a:amazon:elastic_load_balancing:1.0.17.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.0.17.0 Vulnerable ·AWS

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2012-5781
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-jq6c-7fgr-64pp

References

Exploit 1

Sources

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