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TI-2025-16991 Aliases CVE-2025-23206GHSA-v4mq-x674-ff73

IAM OIDC custom resource allows connection to unauthorized OIDC provider in aws-cdk

Priority LOW 10CWE-347Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
High
User interaction
Active
Attack complexity
High
Attack requirements
Present
Impact type
Security bypass
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
Low · Low · Low
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-347.

Summary

The AWS Cloud Development Kit (AWS CDK) is an open-source software development framework to define cloud infrastructure in code and provision it through AWS CloudFormation. Users who use IAM OIDC custom resource provider package will download CA Thumbprints as part of the custom resource workflow. However, the current `tls.connect` method will always set `rejectUnauthorized: false` which is a potential security concern. CDK should follow the best practice and set `rejectUnauthorized: true`. However, this could be a breaking change for existing CDK applications and we should fix this with a feature flag. Note that this is marked as low severity Security advisory because the issuer url is provided by CDK users who define the CDK application. If they insist on connecting to a unauthorized OIDC provider, CDK should not disallow this. Additionally, the code block is run in a Lambda environment which mitigate the MITM attack. The patch is in progress. To mitigate, upgrade to CDK v2.177.0 (Expected release date 2025-02-22). Once upgraded, users should make sure the feature flag '@aws-cdk/aws-iam:oidcRejectUnauthorizedConnections' is set to true in `cdk.context.json` or `cdk.json`. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00331 26th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed aws-cdk (aws): 2.177.0aws-cdk-lib (npm): 2.177.0

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
Automatable
No
Technical impact
Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
AWSaws-cdkbefore 2.177.02.177.0Patch availableCNA
—aws-cdk-lib (npm)before 2.177.02.177.0Patch availableGHSA-v4mq-x674-ff73
  • aws-cdk VendorAWS Affected before 2.177.0 Fixed in 2.177.0 Patch available CNA
  • aws-cdk-lib (npm) Vendor— Affected before 2.177.0 Fixed in 2.177.0 Patch available GHSA-v4mq-x674-ff73

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:amazon:aws_cloud_development_kit:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*before 2.177.0VulnerableAWS
  • cpe:2.3:a:amazon:aws_cloud_development_kit:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 2.177.0 Vulnerable ·AWS

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA aws-cdk (aws) Fixed in 2.177.0
  • Fix · GHSA-v4mq-x674-ff73 aws-cdk-lib (npm) Fixed in 2.177.0 Advisory →

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-23206
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-v4mq-x674-ff73

References

  • TI-2023-17611 AWS CDK EKS overly permissive trust policies CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2024-30149 AWS CDK RestApi not generating authorizationScope correctly in resultant CFN template CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.4
  • TI-2025-02266 AWS CDK CLI prints AWS credentials retrieved by custom credential plugins CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 5.7

Sources