The cloud service provider’s GitHub repositories, including its AWS JavaScript SDK, might have been completely taken over due to a serious misconfiguration in Amazon Web Services (AWS) CodeBuild, endangering all AWS environments.
Cloud security firm Wiz has dubbed the vulnerability CodeBreach. After responsible disclosure on August 25, 2025, AWS resolved the problem in September 2025.
Researchers Yuval Avrahami and Nir Ohfeld stated in a report shared with The Hacker News that by taking advantage of CodeBreach, attackers could have introduced malicious code to initiate a platform-wide compromise, potentially affecting not only the innumerable apps that rely on the SDK but also the Console itself, endangering every AWS account.
According to Wiz, the vulnerability in the continuous integration (CI) pipelines might have allowed unauthenticated attackers to access the build environment read more about AWS CodeBuild Misconfiguration Exposed GitHub Repos to Potential Supply Chain Attacks.
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