High 8.5Published Oct 29, 2026

CVE-2026-119115Incorrect authorization in issuer resolution in AWS Private CA Connector for Kubernetes

Updated under an hour ago (Oct 29, 2026, 3:10 PM ET)

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Incorrect authorization in the issuer resolution logic in AWS Private CA Connector for Kubernetes (aws-privateca-issuer) before v1.10.1 might allow an authenticated remote user to obtain certificates, including subordinate CA certificates, signed by a cluster-scoped AWS Private CA issuer that their approval policy does not authorize. To remediate this issue, users should upgrade aws-privateca-issuer to version v1.10.1 or the AWS Private CA Connector for Kubernetes EKS add-on to version v1.10.1-eksbuild.1, and update any certificate requests, Certificate resources, or Ingress annotations whose issuerRef.kind is missing, incorrect, or does not match the referenced issuer, since v1.10.1 requires issuerRef.kind to be exactly AWSPCAIssuer or AWSPCAClusterIssuer and to match the issuer it references.

CVSS: 8.5 HIGH (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:H/A:N
Weakness (CWE): CWE-863
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: AMZN
NVD analysis: Received
Record last updated: Oct 29, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 29, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

AWS aws-privateca-issuer aws:privateca_issuer (from the name)	before 1.10.1	CNA record

References

References

https://github.com/cert-manager/aws-privateca-issuer/releases/tag/v1.10.1	release-notes, patch
https://github.com/cert-manager/aws-privateca-issuer/security/advisories/GHSA-hjrh-q6pg-mh82	vendor-advisory
https://aws.amazon.com/security/security-bulletins/2026-156-aws/	vendor-advisory

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