CVE-2026-48033: CWE-693: Protection Mechanism Failure in kerberosmansour hulumi
Hulumi is an open-source toolkit that ships secure-by-default cloud and platform infrastructure components for Pulumi. Prior to version 1.4.0, policy packs can be bypassed by a forged Pulumi-URN logical name. This issue has been patched in version 1.4.0.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
The hulumi open-source toolkit, which provides secure-by-default cloud and platform infrastructure components for Pulumi, contains a vulnerability (CVE-2026-48033) in versions before 1.4.0. This vulnerability allows an attacker to bypass policy packs by forging the Pulumi-URN logical name, effectively circumventing intended security controls. The issue is categorized under CWE-693 (Protection Mechanism Failure). The vulnerability has been patched in hulumi version 1.4.0.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability enables an attacker with limited privileges to bypass policy enforcement mechanisms in hulumi, potentially allowing unauthorized or unapproved infrastructure changes. This could lead to violations of security policies and increased risk of misconfiguration or compromise within cloud infrastructure managed by hulumi.
Mitigation Recommendations
Upgrade hulumi to version 1.4.0 or later, where this vulnerability has been patched. No other specific mitigations are indicated. Patch status is confirmed by the vendor advisory stating the issue is fixed in version 1.4.0.
CVE-2026-48033: CWE-693: Protection Mechanism Failure in kerberosmansour hulumi
Description
Hulumi is an open-source toolkit that ships secure-by-default cloud and platform infrastructure components for Pulumi. Prior to version 1.4.0, policy packs can be bypassed by a forged Pulumi-URN logical name. This issue has been patched in version 1.4.0.
CVSS v4.0
Score 8.4high
Affected software
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Weaknesses
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Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
The hulumi open-source toolkit, which provides secure-by-default cloud and platform infrastructure components for Pulumi, contains a vulnerability (CVE-2026-48033) in versions before 1.4.0. This vulnerability allows an attacker to bypass policy packs by forging the Pulumi-URN logical name, effectively circumventing intended security controls. The issue is categorized under CWE-693 (Protection Mechanism Failure). The vulnerability has been patched in hulumi version 1.4.0.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability enables an attacker with limited privileges to bypass policy enforcement mechanisms in hulumi, potentially allowing unauthorized or unapproved infrastructure changes. This could lead to violations of security policies and increased risk of misconfiguration or compromise within cloud infrastructure managed by hulumi.
Mitigation Recommendations
Upgrade hulumi to version 1.4.0 or later, where this vulnerability has been patched. No other specific mitigations are indicated. Patch status is confirmed by the vendor advisory stating the issue is fixed in version 1.4.0.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- GitHub_M
- Date Reserved
- 2026-05-20T18:15:53.577Z
- Cvss Version
- 4.0
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Remediation Level
- null
Threat ID: 6a63b7fc9c2644c7f86ce7ac
Added to database: 07/24/2026, 19:07:40 UTC
Last enriched: 07/24/2026, 19:22:21 UTC
Last updated: 07/24/2026, 19:54:14 UTC
Views: 3
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