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GHSA-FPFF-PJFW-GFG7

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-04-07 00:30 – Updated: 2026-04-07 00:30

Details

To remediate this issue, users are advised to upgrade to RES version 2026.03 or apply the corresponding mitigation patch to their existing environment.

Severity ?

8.8 (High)


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

8.7 (High)


                  
                    CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

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CVE-2026-5708 (GCVE-0-2026-5708)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-04-06 21:28 – Updated: 2026-04-07 15:09

Title

Improper Control of User-Modifiable Attributes in RES CreateSession API

Summary

Unsanitized control of user-modifiable attributes in the session creation component in AWS Research and Engineering Studio (RES) prior to version 2026.03 could allow an authenticated remote user to escalate privileges, assume the virtual desktop host instance profile permissions, and interact with AWS resources and services via a crafted API request. To remediate this issue, users are advised to upgrade to RES version 2026.03 or apply the corresponding mitigation patch to their existing environment.

Severity ?

8.8 (High)


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

8.7 (High)


                        
                          CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

CWE

CWE-915 - Improperly controlled modification of Dynamically-Determined object attributes

Assigner

AMZN

References

URL

Tags

	https://github.com/aws/res/releases/tag/2026.03	release-notes
	https://github.com/aws/res/issues/149	patch
	https://aws.amazon.com/security/security-bulletin…	vendor-advisory

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	AWS	Research and Engineering Studio (RES)	Affected: 2023.11 , ≤ 2025.12.01 (custom)

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GHSA-FPFF-PJFW-GFG7

CVE-2026-5708 (GCVE-0-2026-5708)

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