CVE-2026-5708 - Vulnerability Analysis

Overview

AWS Research and Engineering Studio (RES) < 2026.03 contains a broken access control vulnerability caused by unsanitized user-modifiable attributes in session creation, letting authenticated remote users escalate privileges and assume instance profile permissions, exploit requires authentication.

Severity & Score

Impact

Authenticated users can escalate privileges and assume instance profile permissions to interact with AWS resources.

Mitigation

Upgrade to RES version 2026.03 or apply the corresponding mitigation patch.

References

• https://github.com/aws/res/releases/tag/2026.03
• https://aws.amazon.com/security/security-bulletins/2026-014-aws/
• https://github.com/aws/res/issues/149

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TheHackerWire

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Apr 7, 2026

🟠 CVE-2026-5708 - High (8.8) 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 h... 🔗 https://www.thehackerwire.com/vulnerability/CVE-2026-5708/ #CVE #vulnerability #infosec #cybersecurity #security #Tenda #patchstack

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