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TI-2026-06057 Aliases CVE-2026-6912

Privilege Escalation via Self-Writable Cognito Custom Attribute in AWS Ops Wheel

Priority MEDIUM 40CWE-915Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Attack requirements
None
Impact type
Tampering
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · High
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-915.

Summary

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.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00553 46th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed AWS Ops Wheel (AWS): 164

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
Automatable
No
Technical impact
Total

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 Ops Wheelbefore 164164Patch availableCNA
  • AWS Ops Wheel VendorAWS Affected before 164 Fixed in 164 Patch available CNA

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA AWS Ops Wheel (AWS) Fixed in 164

Fixed in the same release

Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.

  • Advisory ·

    AWS Ops Wheel — aws.amazon.com/security/security-bulletins/2026-018-aws

    2 records Highest priority Priority MEDIUM 2 MEDIUM

    Other records, highest priority first

    • TI-2026-06056 Authentication Bypass via Missing JWT Signature Verification in AWS Ops WheelPriority MEDIUM 48
    Show all 2 records → Advisory →

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-6912
  2. 2026-10-25 EPSS moved to the below the 50th percentile

References

Patch 1

Advisory 2

  • TI-2026-23989 crypto: algif_aead - Revert to operating out-of-place KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
  • TI-2023-23979 The HTTP/2 protocol allows a denial of service (server resource consumption) because… KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2024-18648 Amazon AWS Amplify CLI before 12.10.1 incorrectly configures the role trust policy of IAM… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2024-05929 Openssh: regresshion - race condition in ssh allows rce/dos CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.1
  • TI-2025-03847 Input validation issue in AWS Amplify Studio UI component properties CVSS 4.0CRITICAL 9.0
  • TI-2026-11603 HTTP/2 Stream Parser Confusion Body-Inspection Bypass in Amazon CloudFront with AWS WAF CVSS 4.0HIGH 7.9
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