High severity · published Apr 24, 2026
CVE-2026-6912
Privilege Escalation via Self-Writable Cognito Custom Attribute in AWS Ops Wheel
8.8
CVSS
0.6%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
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 vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.6% · higher than 46% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
AO
AWS Ops Wheel · AWS
before 164 · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-6912
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-6912
aws.amazon.com
https://aws.amazon.com/security/security-bulletins/2026-018-aws/
github.com
https://github.com/aws/aws-ops-wheel/pull/165
github.com
https://github.com/aws/aws-ops-wheel/security/advisories/GHSA-qvfh-9cjw-8wwq
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