CVE-2012-5817: Amazon EC2 API Tools Java Library

High severity, CVSS 7.4. EPSS: 0.8% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Codehaus XFire 1.2.6 and earlier, as used in the Amazon EC2 API Tools Java library and other products, 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.

Affected products

• Amazon EC2 API Tools Java Library: affected versions not specified
• Codehaus Xfire: up to and including 1.2.6

Published 2012-11-04. Last modified 2026-06-16.