CVE-2025-1969VulnerabilityPublished 4 Mar 2025Updated 14 Oct 2025

CVE-2025-1969: Temporary Elevated Access Management (TEAM) for AWS IAM Identity Center · Reliance on Untrusted Inputs in a Security Decision

Affects Temporary Elevated Access Management (TEAM) for AWS IAM Identity CenterSource CVE Database V5

Not known to be exploited · CVSS 4.3 Medium.

Data as of 26 Oct 2026, 06:26 UTC

CVSS 3.1 base score

4.3Medium

How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.

EPSS: 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 26% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Attack Vector: Network
Attack Complexity: Low
Privileges Required: Low
User Interaction: None
Scope: Unchanged
Confidentiality: None
Integrity: Low
Availability: None

Bold values are the worst case: easiest to exploit or largest impact.

Attack Vector: Network: The vulnerable component is bound to the network stack and the set of possible attackers extends beyond the other options listed, up to and including the entire Internet. Such a vulnerability is often termed 'remotely exploitable' and can be thought of as an attack being exploitable at the protocol level one or more network hops away (e.g., across one or more routers).
Attack Complexity: Low: Specialized access conditions or extenuating circumstances do not exist. An attacker can expect repeatable success against the vulnerable component.
Privileges Required: Low: The attacker is authorized with (i.e., requires) privileges that provide basic user capabilities that could normally affect only settings and files owned by a user. Alternatively, an attacker with Low privileges may have the ability to cause an impact only to non-sensitive resources.
User Interaction: None: The vulnerable system can be exploited without any interaction from any user.
Scope: Unchanged: An exploited vulnerability can only affect resources managed by the same security authority. In this case, the vulnerable component and the impacted component are either the same, or both are managed by the same security authority.
Confidentiality: None: There is no loss of confidentiality within the impacted component.
Integrity: Low: Modification of data is possible, but the attacker does not have control over the consequence of a modification, or the amount of modification is limited. The data modification does not have a direct, serious impact on the impacted component.
Availability: None: There is no impact to availability within the impacted component.

Definitions: FIRST CVSS v3.1 specification.

Exploitation evidence

Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 4 Mar 2025
Detectable: no evidence on record.
No public nuclei template indexed
Weaponised: no evidence on record.
No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB
Exploited in the wildExploited: no evidence on record.
Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation
Observed by OffSeq MirageSeen by Mirage: no evidence on record.
No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors

A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 2026-10-26.

Disclosed: The CVE record is public on cve.org. Its publication is t = 0.
Detectable: A public nuclei template can find exposed instances, for defenders and attackers alike.
Weaponised: Public exploit code exists in Metasploit or Exploit-DB, or CISA SSVC reports a public proof of concept.
Exploited in the wild: CISA KEV lists it, CISA SSVC rates exploitation active, or a source reports attacks.
Observed by OffSeq Mirage: OffSeq Mirage honeypot sensors recorded attack traffic for this CVE, or found exposed hosts without attack traffic.

Moments are spaced evenly, not to scale; a dashed line marks a gap of six months or more. Deltas count from t = 0. Sources that give only a date (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, or a time of exactly 00:00Z) read “same day” rather than hours. Metasploit modules carry the flaw’s disclosure date, not their release date, and nuclei templates carry no date, so both appear above but not on the timeline.

What to do

Affected software

Product	Affected	Fixed in
AWS Temporary Elevated Access Management (TEAM) for AWS IAM Identity Center	Affected =0	Fixed in–

AI-suggested

1. Upgrade AWS Temporary Elevated Access Management (TEAM) to version 1.2.2 or later immediately to apply the fix for CVE-2025-1969. 2. Review and tighten IAM policies to minimize the number of users with privileges to request or approve elevated access, implementing the principle of least privilege. 3. Enable and monitor detailed logging and alerting on TEAM approval workflows to detect suspicious or anomalous approval activities. 4. Implement multi-factor authentication (MFA) for users involved in elevated access requests and approvals to add an additional security layer. 5. Conduct regular audits of temporary elevated access grants to ensure they align with business needs and have proper approvals. 6. Use AWS CloudTrail and AWS Config rules to monitor changes in IAM roles and permissions related to TEAM. 7. Educate administrators and users about the risks of privilege escalation and the importance of following secure approval procedures. 8. Consider network segmentation and access controls to limit exposure of TEAM interfaces to trusted networks only.

Description

Improper request input validation in Temporary Elevated Access Management (TEAM) for AWS IAM Identity Center allows a user to modify a valid request and spoof an approval in TEAM. Upgrade TEAM to the latest release v.1.2.2. Follow instructions in updating TEAM documentation for updating process

Impact

For European organizations, this vulnerability poses a risk of unauthorized privilege escalation within AWS cloud environments, potentially leading to misuse of elevated permissions and unauthorized access to sensitive resources. Given the widespread adoption of AWS in Europe, especially among enterprises and public sector organizations, exploitation could disrupt critical business operations and compromise data integrity. The flaw could be leveraged to bypass approval workflows, undermining internal security controls and compliance requirements such as GDPR. While the vulnerability does not directly impact confidentiality or availability, the integrity compromise could facilitate further attacks or data manipulation. Organizations with complex IAM policies or those relying heavily on automated approval processes are particularly vulnerable. The absence of known exploits reduces immediate risk but does not eliminate the potential for future attacks. Prompt patching and access policy reviews are essential to mitigate the impact.

CWE-807Reliance on Untrusted Inputs in a Security Decision (opens in a new tab)
Base weaknessLikelihood of exploit: HighOWASP Top 10 A06:2025: Insecure Design (opens in a new tab)
The product uses a protection mechanism that relies on the existence or values of an input, but the input can be modified by an untrusted actor in a way that bypasses the protection mechanism.
Architecture and Design · Attack Surface Reduction
Store state information and sensitive data on the server side only.
Architecture and Design · Libraries or Frameworks
Use a vetted library or framework that does not allow this weakness to occur or provides constructs that make this weakness easier to avoid.
Architecture and Design
For any security checks that are performed on the client side, ensure that these checks are duplicated on the server side, in order to avoid CWE-602. Attackers can bypass the client-side checks by modifying values after the checks have been performed, or by changing the client to remove the client-side checks…
OWASP Cheat Sheets
Secure Design Principles (opens in a new tab)
From MITRE CWE, MITRE CAPEC and OWASP (Top 10, OpenCRE).

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Affected software

Description

AI analysisMachine-generated, updated 14 Oct 2025, 18:55 UTC

WeaknessesCWE-807

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