An error named Whoami was found in Amazon Machine Image
It allows threat players to get RCE -skills on people’s AWS accounts
A solution has been released but many users have not yet updated
Amazon Web Services (AWS) users are potentially vulnerable to a naming confusion attack called “Whoami,” experts have warned.
The vulnerability found in the Amazon Machine Image (AMI) was discovered in the summer of 2024 by cybersecurity scientists data trains, and has now been confirmed by Amazon who said it solved the problem on its side and urged users to update the code on their side and thus protect their premises.