High severity · published Oct 29, 2026
CVE-2026-119115
Incorrect authorization in issuer resolution in AWS Private CA Connector for Kubernetes
New
8.5
CVSS
–
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
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 vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:H/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
High
Availability
None
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
AW
aws-privateca-issuer · AWS
before 1.10.1; before 1.10.1-eksbuild.1 · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-119115
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-119115
aws.amazon.com
https://aws.amazon.com/security/security-bulletins/2026-156-aws/
github.com
https://github.com/cert-manager/aws-privateca-issuer/releases/tag/v1.10.1
github.com
https://github.com/cert-manager/aws-privateca-issuer/security/advisories/GHSA-hjrh-q6pg-mh82