High 8.8Published Apr 24, 2026

CVE-2026-6912Privilege Escalation via Self-Writable Cognito Custom Attribute in AWS Ops Wheel

Updated under an hour ago (Oct 26, 2026, 7:20 AM ET)

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Exploited in the last 30 days

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.

CVSS: 8.8 HIGH (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness (CWE): CWE-915
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: Awaiting Analysis
Record last updated: Apr 24, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

AWS AWS Ops Wheel aws:ops_wheel (from the name)	before 164	CNA record

References

https://github.com/aws/aws-ops-wheel/pull/165patch
https://aws.amazon.com/security/security-bulletins/2026-018-aws/vendor-advisory
https://github.com/aws/aws-ops-wheel/security/advisories/GHSA-qvfh-9cjw-8wwqthird-party-advisory

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