Researchers studying cybersecurity have discovered a vulnerability in the Cloud Development Kit (CDK) of Amazon Web Services (AWS) that, in some situations, might have led to account takeover.
According to a study shared with The Hacker News, the implications of this flaw could, in some cases, enable an attacker to obtain administrative access to a target AWS account, leading to a complete account takeover.
The project maintainers resolved the bug in CDK version 2.149.0, released in July, after responsible disclosure on June 27, 2024.
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