Vulnerability in Amazon Ecs
CVE-2025-9039
We identified an issue in the Amazon ECS agent where, under certain conditions, an introspection server could be accessed off-host by another instance if the instances are in the same security group or if their security groups allow incoming connections that include the port where the server is hosted. This issue does not affect instances where the option to allow off-host access to the introspection server is set to 'false'. This issue has been addressed in ECS agent version 1.97.1. We recommend upgrading to the latest version and ensuring any forked or derivative code is patched to incorporate the new fixes. If customers cannot update to the latest AMI, they can modify the Amazon EC2 security groups to restrict incoming access to the introspection server port (51678).
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CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 4.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.003 (16.8th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 17th percentile — 16.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.003 · newest: 0.003 · change: +0.000
Affected products
- Amazon Ecs — versions 0.0.3
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- ff89ba41-3aa1-4d27-914a-91399e9639e5 (patch)
- ff89ba41-3aa1-4d27-914a-91399e9639e5 (vendor-advisory)
- ff89ba41-3aa1-4d27-914a-91399e9639e5 (vendor-advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2025-9039?
- CVE-2025-9039 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Amazon Ecs, classified under Insecure Inherited Permissions. CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2025-08-14.
- How severe is CVE-2025-9039?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.3 out of 10.