Issue with AWS Sign-in IAM User Login Flow - Possible Username Enumeration
Priority LOW 36CWE-204Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- None
- Impact type
- Information disclosure
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · None · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-204.
Summary
Variable response times in the AWS Sign-in IAM user login flow allowed for the use of brute force enumeration techniques to identify valid IAM usernames in an arbitrary AWS account.
Why it matters now
Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.0036 30th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- Yes
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-0693
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-8rcr-h4v8-qpq5
References
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Sources
- CVE-2025-0693 · CVE Program
- CVE-2025-0693 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-8rcr-h4v8-qpq5 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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