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SECURITY: IMPORT/EXPORT commands can access the EC2 roles of AWS EC2 instances

Details

Detail name	Value
Changelog Number	15155
Type	Bug
Status	Resolved
Affected Versions	Exasol 7.0.0, Exasol 7.1.0, Exasol 8.0.0
Fix Versions	Exasol 7.0.21, Exasol 8.6.0, Exasol 7.1.16
Resolution Date	2022-10-12

Description

IMPORT/EXPORT commands can access the EC2 roles of AWS EC2 instances.

Workaround

There is no workaround.

Fix

IMPORT/EXPORT commands cannot access the EC2 roles of AWS EC2 instances by default.

It can be explicitly allowed by setting the command-line parameter '-enableAwsInstanceMetadata=1'.

Changed behavior