Cyber Resilience

CVE-2026-9291

HighRCE

Published: 22 May 2026

Published
22 May 2026
Modified
22 May 2026
KEV Added
Patch
CVSS Score v4 7.5 CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:L/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
EPSS Score 0.0048 37.4th percentile
Risk Priority 15 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2026-9291 is a high-severity Deserialization of Untrusted Data (CWE-502) vulnerability in Amazon Braket SDK (inferred from references). Its CVSS base score is 7.5 (High).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploitation for Client Execution (T1203); ranked at the 37.4th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

Insecure deserialization in the job results processing component in Amazon Braket SDK before 1.117.0 might allow a remote authenticated user with S3 write access to the job output bucket to achieve arbitrary code execution on any machine that processes job…

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results. We recommend you upgrade to amazon-braket-sdk version 1.117.0 or later.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI

T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution Execution
Adversaries may exploit software vulnerabilities in client applications to execute code.
T1059.006 Python Execution
Adversaries may abuse Python commands and scripts for execution.
Why these techniques?

Insecure deserialization (CWE-502) directly enables RCE on job result processors; maps to client-side exploitation and Python interpreter execution in the Braket SDK.

Confidence: HIGH · MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v18.1

Affected Assets

Amazon
Braket SDK
inferred from references and description; NVD did not file a CPE for this CVE

Mitigating Controls

Likely Mitigating Controls AI

Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.

addresses: CWE-502

Penetration testing supplies malicious serialized objects, detecting unsafe deserialization and supporting corrective actions.

addresses: CWE-502

Evaluation of untrusted data handling (deserialization testing) reveals unsafe processing, which the required remediation process addresses.

addresses: CWE-502

Untrusted serialized data can be deserialized and observed inside the chamber, blocking gadget-chain exploitation outside the sandbox.

addresses: CWE-502

Validates or rejects untrusted serialized data before deserialization occurs.

addresses: CWE-502

Identifies and blocks malicious code introduced through deserialization of untrusted data at system boundaries.

addresses: CWE-502

Integrity verification of serialized information can detect tampering before deserialization occurs.

addresses: CWE-502

Provenance of associated data allows detection of untrusted sources before deserialization or processing occurs.

References