CVE-2026-48037: 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, AccountFoundation reuse paths silently downgrade GuardDuty / Security Hub posture. This issue has been patched in version 1.4.0.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
The vulnerability identified as CVE-2026-48037 affects hulumi versions before 1.4.0. It involves a protection mechanism failure (CWE-693) where reuse paths in AccountFoundation cause a silent downgrade of security posture in GuardDuty and Security Hub. This could weaken the effectiveness of these security monitoring tools. The issue is fixed in hulumi version 1.4.0.
Potential Impact
Affected versions prior to 1.4.0 may have reduced security posture visibility or enforcement in GuardDuty and Security Hub due to silent downgrades caused by AccountFoundation reuse paths. This could potentially allow security issues to go undetected or unmitigated, increasing risk to cloud and platform infrastructure components 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.
CVE-2026-48037: 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, AccountFoundation reuse paths silently downgrade GuardDuty / Security Hub posture. This issue has been patched in version 1.4.0.
CVSS v4.0
Score 6.3medium
Affected software
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Weaknesses
AI-Powered Analysis
Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
The vulnerability identified as CVE-2026-48037 affects hulumi versions before 1.4.0. It involves a protection mechanism failure (CWE-693) where reuse paths in AccountFoundation cause a silent downgrade of security posture in GuardDuty and Security Hub. This could weaken the effectiveness of these security monitoring tools. The issue is fixed in hulumi version 1.4.0.
Potential Impact
Affected versions prior to 1.4.0 may have reduced security posture visibility or enforcement in GuardDuty and Security Hub due to silent downgrades caused by AccountFoundation reuse paths. This could potentially allow security issues to go undetected or unmitigated, increasing risk to cloud and platform infrastructure components 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.
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: 6a63b7fc9c2644c7f86ce7c1
Added to database: 07/24/2026, 19:07:40 UTC
Last enriched: 07/31/2026, 21:07:01 UTC
Last updated: 09/07/2026, 10:52:09 UTC
Views: 78
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