CVE-2026-2244 (GCVE-0-2026-2244)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-02-26 14:14 – Updated: 2026-02-26 14:59
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Title
Sensitive Data Exposure in Google Cloud Vertex AI Workbench
Summary
A vulnerability in Google Cloud Vertex AI Workbench from 7/21/2025 to 01/30/2026 allows an attacker to exfiltrate valid Google Cloud access tokens of other users via abuse of a built-in startup script. All instances after January 30th, 2026 have been patched to protect from this vulnerability. No user action is required for this.
Severity ?
8.4 (High)
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:A/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H/U:Clear
CWE
  • CWE-200 - Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Google Cloud Vertex AI Workbench Affected: 7/21/2025 , < 01/30/2026 (date)
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Credits
Moshe Bernstein with Tenable
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