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

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

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CVE ID :CVE-2026-6912
Published : April 24, 2026, 5:16 p.m. | 57 minutes ago
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.
Severity: 8.8 | HIGH
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