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GHSA-9PM9-RVF2-MHQV

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-08-31 09:30 – Updated: 2026-08-31 09:30

Details

@hulumi/policies versions before 1.3.2 fail to fully inspect inline and attached IAM policy evidence for the administrator-policy guardrail. Attackers can craft admin-equivalent policy paths that bypass policy evaluation controls.

Severity

9.8 (Critical)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

9.3 (Critical)


                  
                    CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

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  "id": "GHSA-9pm9-rvf2-mhqv",
  "modified": "2026-08-31T09:30:31Z",
  "published": "2026-08-31T09:30:31Z",
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CVE-2026-82860 (GCVE-0-2026-82860)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-08-31 08:46 – Updated: 2026-08-31 14:41

Title

@hulumi/policies before 1.3.2 Admin Policy Bypass

Summary

Severity

9.3 (Critical)


                        
                          CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

9.8 (Critical)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: yes Technical Impact: total

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2026-08-31 14:40 UTC

CWE

CWE-269 - Improper Privilege Management

Assigner

VulnCheck mitre root

References

2 references

URL	Tags
https://github.com/kerberosmansour/hulumi/securit…	vendor-advisory
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/hulumi-polic…	third-party-advisory

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
hulumi	policies	Affected: 0 , < 1.3.2 (semver) Unaffected: 1.3.2 (semver)

Date Public

2026-05-15 00:00

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