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
CVE-2026-48033 is a high-severity vulnerability in the hulumi open-source toolkit, which provides secure-by-default cloud and platform infrastructure components for Pulumi. The vulnerability allows attackers with limited privileges to bypass policy packs by forging the Pulumi-URN logical name. This protection mechanism failure undermines the enforcement of security policies within the platform. The flaw affects all versions prior to 1.4.0 and has been fixed in version 1.4.0.
Potential Impact
An attacker with limited privileges can bypass security policy enforcement by forging the Pulumi-URN logical name, potentially leading to unauthorized actions or configurations that violate intended security policies. This compromises the integrity of policy enforcement within the hulumi platform.
Mitigation Recommendations
Upgrade hulumi to version 1.4.0 or later, where this vulnerability has been patched. No other mitigation or temporary workaround is indicated.
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
CVE-2026-48033 is a high-severity vulnerability in the hulumi open-source toolkit, which provides secure-by-default cloud and platform infrastructure components for Pulumi. The vulnerability allows attackers with limited privileges to bypass policy packs by forging the Pulumi-URN logical name. This protection mechanism failure undermines the enforcement of security policies within the platform. The flaw affects all versions prior to 1.4.0 and has been fixed in version 1.4.0.
Potential Impact
An attacker with limited privileges can bypass security policy enforcement by forging the Pulumi-URN logical name, potentially leading to unauthorized actions or configurations that violate intended security policies. This compromises the integrity of policy enforcement within the hulumi platform.
Mitigation Recommendations
Upgrade hulumi to version 1.4.0 or later, where this vulnerability has been patched. No other mitigation or temporary workaround is indicated.
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: 07/31/2026, 21:17:39 UTC
Last updated: 09/07/2026, 22:52:12 UTC
Views: 79
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