src_d11443da85ea659d49
- Source-provided label
- Not reported
- Evidence class
- mentioned in report
- Confidence
- Not reported
- Observed
- May 19, 2025 00:00 UTC
- Retrieved
- Oct 08, 2026 03:52 UTC
AWS Security Tool Introduces Privilege Escalation Risk
AWS's Account Assessment for AWS Organizations tool, designed to audit cross-account access, inadvertently introduced privilege escalation risks due to flawed deployment instructions. Customers were encouraged to deploy the tool in lower-sensitivity accounts, creating risky trust paths from insecure environments into highly sensitive ones. This could allow attackers to pivot from compromised devel
Reference details
- Source category
- Research & news
- Report title
AWS Security Tool Introduces Privilege Escalation Risk- First reported
- May 19, 2025 00:00 UTC
- Last reported
- May 19, 2025 00:00 UTC
- Catalog updated
- Oct 08, 2026 03:52 UTC
- Record ID
737439afb9732385e4d7ab5367cf01aa0527e4f4f3d0e7ee8a839aef53de3eaf
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