CVE-2026-6912 HIGH

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

Vendor Aws
Product AWS Ops Wheel
Weakness CWE-915
Published April 24, 2026
Last update April 24, 2026
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CVSS base score

8.8/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Confidentiality High
Integrity High

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

What the vulnerability does

01Description

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.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

April 24, 2026 CVE published
April 24, 2026 Record updated