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AWS Default Roles Can Lead to Service Takeover

Research uncovered security flaws in default AWS service roles, granting overly broad permissions like full S3 access. This allows privilege escalation, cross-service access, and potential account compromise across services like SageMaker, Glue, and EMR. Attackers could exploit these roles to manipulate critical assets and move laterally within AWS environments. AWS has since updated default polic

Reference details

Source category
Research & news
Report title
AWS Default Roles Can Lead to Service Takeover
First reported
Apr 29, 2025 00:00 UTC
Last reported
Apr 29, 2025 00:00 UTC
Catalog updated
Oct 08, 2026 03:52 UTC
Record ID
f9c67d975a1517d8700d47b093317659986f5e4095ecf72dbba7172f665042a3

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src_d11443da85ea659d49

Source-provided label
Not reported
Evidence class
mentioned in report
Confidence
Not reported
Observed
Apr 29, 2025 00:00 UTC
Retrieved
Oct 08, 2026 03:52 UTC

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