{"id":"CVE-2026-14904","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2026-14904","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T07:05:30.801Z","title":"Improper link resolution before file access issue (CWE-59) in the Auth.GetUserPrivateKey API.","description":"AWS Research and Engineering Studio (RES) is an open-source solution that enables researchers and engineers to create and manage secure virtual desktops and computing resources on AWS.\n\n\n\nImproper link resolution before file access issue (CWE-59) in the Auth.GetUserPrivateKey API. An authenticated remote user could read arbitrary files on the cluster-manager EC2 instance by replacing their SSH private key file (~/.ssh/id_rsa) with a symbolic link targeting any file on the host. Because the cluster-manager process runs as root, any file readable by root is exposed, including other users' SSH private keys and application configuration secrets.\n\n\n\nIt's recommended to upgrade to RES version 2026.06.","published":"2026-07-07T17:16:36.000Z","lastModified":"2026-10-25T20:10:00.000Z","status":"Awaiting Analysis","sourceIdentifier":"ff89ba41-3aa1-4d27-914a-91399e9639e5","cvss":{"version":"4.0","score":7.1,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/M"},"cwe":["CWE-59"],"affected":[],"epss":{"score":0.0057,"percentile":0.46999,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.57%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://aws.amazon.com/security/security-bulletins/2026-053-aws/","source":"ff89ba41-3aa1-4d27-914a-91399e9639e5"},{"url":"https://github.com/aws/res/releases/tag/2026.06","source":"ff89ba41-3aa1-4d27-914a-91399e9639e5"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-14904","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}