# CVE-2026-6912

> Vulnerability · severity: **HIGH** (CVSS 8.8).

## Description

Improperly controlled modification of dynamically-determined object attributes in the Cognito User Pool configuration in AWS Ops Wheel before PR #165 allows remote authenticated users to escalate to deployment admin privileges and manage Cognito user accounts via a crafted UpdateUserAttributes API call that sets the custom:deployment_admin attribute.

To remediate this issue, users should redeploy from the updated repository and ensure any forked or derivative code is patched to incorporate the new fixes.

## Key facts

- **CVE ID:** CVE-2026-6912
- **Published:** 2026-04-24
- **CVSS severity:** HIGH
- **CVSS base score:** 8.8
- **CWE codes:** CWE-915

## Primary sources

- NIST NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-6912

## Citation

> AI Analytics. CVE-2026-6912. Retrieved 2026-07-11 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/cve/CVE-2026-6912. Derived from NIST NVD. Licensed CC0.

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