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CVE-2026-6912: Privilege Escalation via Self-Writable Cognito Custom Attribute in AWS Ops Wheel
Description
Improperly controlled modification of dynamically-determined object attributes in the Cognito User Pool configuration in AWS Ops Wheel before PR #165 allows remote authenticated users to escalate to deployment admin privileges and manage Cognito user accounts via a crafted UpdateUserAttributes API call that sets the custom:deployment_admin attribute. To remediate this issue, users should redeploy from the updated repository and ensure any forked or derivative code is patched to incorporate the new fixes.
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H · CWE-915
Tracked companies
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Status incidents that name it
No tracked status incident names this CVE.
Affected vendors and products
AWS: AWS Ops Wheel
References
- CVE record on cve.org (opens in new tab)
- NVD entry (opens in new tab)
- aws.amazon.com/security/security-bulletins/2026-018-aws/ (opens in new tab)
- github.com/aws/aws-ops-wheel/pull/165 (opens in new tab)
- github.com/aws/aws-ops-wheel/security/advisories/GHSA-qvfh-9cjw-8wwq (opens in new tab)
- CVE records from the CVE Program (cve.org). CVE® is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation. (opens in new tab)
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- Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog from CISA. (opens in new tab)
- EPSS scores from FIRST (Exploit Prediction Scoring System). (opens in new tab)