ZDF
Sign inSign up

Vulnerabilities

Vulnerability · CVE-2026-5708

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 a…

Published Apr 6, 2026 · catalog updated Jul 24, 2026 · research and engineering studio

Check if you run it

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2026-5708. EPSS is 0.74%. Act only if a listed version of research and engineering studio is installed.

Gaps on this record

  • No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.
Severity
High8.7
Known exploitation
Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
0.74%
Remediation
Version ranges on file
Affected products
cpe amazon/research and engineering studio

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.

Are you affected?

Enter the version you run. The result uses only the ranges stored on this record.

The check returns affected, not affected, or incomplete. It does not guess a version that is missing from the record.

  • cpe amazon/research and engineering studio< 2026.03

How to fix CVE-2026-5708

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2026-5708. EPSS is 0.74%. Act only if a listed version of research and engineering studio is installed.

Which versions are affected?

Compare what you have installed with amazon/research and engineering studio < 2026.03. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.

What should an analyst verify?

CWE-915: Improperly Controlled Modification of Dynamically-Determined Object Attributes. EPSS 0.74%. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Code

The project this record applies to. Exploit listings stay in References.

Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Apr 6, 2026 · NIST NVD

    Detected

    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 u

  2. Jul 24, 2026 · NIST NVD

    Updated

    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 u

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2026-5708

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2026-5708

    30-day exploitation probability 0.7%

    first.org
  • NIST NVDVulnerability recordCVE-2026-5708

    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,

    nvd.nist.gov

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 18, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.