{"id":"CVE-2026-7791","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2026-7791","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T02:56:38.661Z","title":"Improper privilege management in the log rotation mechanism of the Skylight Workspace Config Service in Amazon WorkSpaces for Windows before 2.6.2034.0 allows a local non-admin authenticated user to place arbitrary files into arbitrary locations…","description":"Improper privilege management in the log rotation mechanism of the Skylight Workspace Config Service in Amazon WorkSpaces for Windows before 2.6.2034.0 allows a local non-admin authenticated user to place arbitrary files into arbitrary locations bypassing file system permission protections, leading to local privilege escalation to SYSTEM.","published":"2026-05-04T22:16:21.000Z","lastModified":"2026-10-26T19:10:00.000Z","status":"Awaiting Analysis","sourceIdentifier":"ff89ba41-3aa1-4d27-914a-91399e9639e5","cvss":{"version":"4.0","score":8.5,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:L/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"},"cwe":["CWE-367"],"affected":[],"epss":{"score":0.00147,"percentile":0.03857,"date":"2026-10-26","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 (0.15%). 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/2026-025-aws/","source":"ff89ba41-3aa1-4d27-914a-91399e9639e5"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-7791","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."}