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CVE-2026-13769
medium
CVSS 5.5
Vulnerability in Amazon awscli (CVE-2026-13769)
Summary
vulnerability in Amazon awscli (CVE-2026-13769). Confidential information can be exposed externally. Mitigation: upgrade to `1.44.78` or later.
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A vulnerability tracked as **CVE-2026-13769** has been found in Amazon awscli.
Confidential information can be exposed externally. CVSS score: 5.5/10.
What to do: upgrade Amazon awscli to **1.44.78** or later.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "Amazon awscli CVE-2026-13769" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2026-13769 (Amazon awscli) — CWE-732 / CVSS v3 5.5
Attack vector: local / no user interaction
Patched: `1.44.78` — apply immediately
Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs.
Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.
❓ What is the problem
**A vulnerability** (CWE-732) exists in Amazon awscli.
📍 Affected scope
Amazon awscli — .
🔥 Severity
Severity: Medium (CVSS 5.5/10). Confidential information can be exposed externally
🔧 How to fix
Update to **1.44.78**.
🛡️ Workaround
Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.
🔍 Detection
Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Run `grep -r 'awscli' .` against your dependency files (package-lock.json, requirements.txt, go.sum) to find affected services.
Response Actions (7 steps)
Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order
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1Identify exposure identify
grep -r 'awscli' . | grep -v node_modulesリポジトリと本番環境の依存ファイル (package-lock.json / requirements.txt / go.sum / Gemfile.lock 等) で `awscli` を grep し、稼働しているサービス・バージョンを把握する。
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6Apply patch patch
Upgrade awscli to 1.44.78ステージング環境で 1.44.78 に上げて回帰テスト → 本番反映。回帰テストはアプリの主要ハッピーパスと、Step 3 で見つけた異常検知の続報チェックを含めること。
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7Post-deployment verification verify
Confirm patched version is live in productionパッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番では Step 3 と同じログクエリでアラート再発が無いか継続監視。
Affected packages
pip
awscli
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1.44.78"}]}]
References
- AWS https://aws.amazon.com/security/security-bulletins/rss/2026-049-aws/
- web ff89ba41-3aa1-4d27-914a-91399e9639e5
- web https://github.com/aws/aws-cli/releases/tag/1.44.78
- web https://github.com/aws/aws-cli/releases/tag/2.34.29
- web https://github.com/aws/aws-cli/security/advisories/GHSA-wfp6-f47h-hxc3
- web https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-13769
- web https://github.com/aws/aws-cli/pull/10191
- web https://github.com/aws/aws-cli/pull/10194
- web https://github.com/aws/aws-cli/pull/10206
- web https://github.com/aws/aws-cli/commit/68811b5ad5cd74d06e944e073ee17bf889babf13
- web https://github.com/aws/aws-cli/commit/84f0ec6afda03f8a26ff8dea403d02b1b31ee610
- web https://github.com/aws/aws-cli/commit/e0799fde3c5e3138163e488e42bd3df7a0aa158f
- web https://aws.amazon.com/security/security-bulletins/2026-049-aws
- web https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-wfp6-f47h-hxc3