CVE-2026-5708: amazon research_and_engineering_studio

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2026-5708 is a high (CVSS 8.8) vulnerability in amazon research_and_engineering_studio. EPSS estimates a 0.74% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 53.9% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.

Timeline

1. 06-04-2026
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 07-04-2026
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

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.

• CWE-915Improperly Controlled Modification of Dynamically-Determined Object AttributesThe product receives input from an upstream component that specifies multiple attributes, properties, or fields that are to be initialized or updated in an object, but it does not properly control which attributes can be modified.