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.

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Fri, 24 Apr 2026 17:15:00 +0000

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{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


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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.
Title Privilege Escalation via Self-Writable Cognito Custom Attribute in AWS Ops Wheel
First Time appeared Aws
Aws aws Ops Wheel
Weaknesses CWE-915
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:aws:aws_ops_wheel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Aws
Aws aws Ops Wheel
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 8.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 8.7, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:L/SI:L/SA:L'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: AMZN

Published:

Updated: 2026-04-24T16:48:22.475Z

Reserved: 2026-04-23T13:38:11.080Z

Link: CVE-2026-6912

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-04-24T16:48:19.563Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-04-24T17:16:22.377

Modified: 2026-04-24T17:16:22.377

Link: CVE-2026-6912

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