7.1

CVE-2026-14904: aws res Link Following

CVSS: 7.1v4.0HighAwaiting analysis
Published 07-07-2026Last modified 07-07-2026

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2026-14904 is a high (CVSS 7.1) Link Following vulnerability in aws res. EPSS estimates a 0.57% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 46.1% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
29/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.1/10
010
High · v4.0 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.57%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 07-07-2026
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 07-07-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

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. Improper 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. It's recommended to upgrade to RES version 2026.06.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 2 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

0.57%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

46%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.57% on 20-09-2026

20-09-202620-10-2026
EPSS score
0.57%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Aws1 product

1 vendor · 1 product

References

2 links