Sensitive Data Exposure in Google Cloud Vertex AI Workbench
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- Active
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- None
- Impact type
- Information disclosure
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · None · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-200.
Summary
A vulnerability in Google Cloud Vertex AI Workbench from 7/21/2025 to 01/30/2026 allows an attacker to exfiltrate valid Google Cloud access tokens of other users via abuse of a built-in startup script. All instances after January 30th, 2026 have been patched to protect from this vulnerability. No user action is required for this.
Why it matters now
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
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Vertex AI Workbench (Google Cloud) Fixed in 01/30/2026
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-2244
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-65m8-95c4-38hm
References
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Sources
- CVE-2026-2244 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-2244 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-65m8-95c4-38hm · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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