CVE-2026-5708
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…
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.84%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
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.
- CVSS 4.0
- 8.7 HIGHCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/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
- EPSS
- 0.84% probability · 56th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-915
- Affected
- amazon/research and engineering studio
- Source
- ff89ba41-3aa1-4d27-914a-91399e9639e5
References
- https://aws.amazon.com/security/security-bulletins/2026-014-aws/Vendor Advisory
- https://github.com/aws/res/issues/149Exploit, Issue Tracking, Mitigation
- https://github.com/aws/res/releases/tag/2026.03Release Notes
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.