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hulumi before v1.3.2 Privilege Escalation via IAM Policy

Type: advisorySources: OSV

hulumi versions before v1.3.2 contain a privilege escalation vulnerability in the weekly integration IAM policy that allows role lifecycle operations on af-e2e-* roles without sufficient boundary restrictions. Attackers with the documented principal can create persistent higher-privilege roles in the sandbox account.

Products
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Affected versions
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Fixed versions
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CVEs
CVE-2026-82857
Confirmed fixed CVEs
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3 Nov 2026, 02:48 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

hulumi before v1.3.2 Privilege Escalation via IAM Policy

core-osv · Original source

Published 31 Aug 2026, 08:46 UTC

hulumi versions before v1.3.2 contain a privilege escalation vulnerability in the weekly integration IAM policy that allows role lifecycle operations on af-e2e-* roles without sufficient boundary restrictions. Attackers with the documented principal can create persistent higher-privilege roles in the sandbox account.

osv:CVE-2026-82857
Complete source record
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