CVE-2026-82860: Improper Privilege Management in hulumi policies
Description
CVE-2026-82860 is a critical vulnerability in @hulumi/policies versions before 1.3.2 where improper privilege management allows attackers to bypass administrator-policy guardrails by crafting admin-equivalent policy paths. This flaw results from incomplete inspection of inline and attached IAM policy evidence, potentially enabling unauthorized administrative access.
CVSS v4.0
Score 9.3critical
Affected software
hulumi
policies
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Technical Analysis
@hulumi/policies versions prior to 1.3.2 do not fully inspect inline and attached IAM policy evidence when enforcing the administrator-policy guardrail. This improper privilege management vulnerability allows attackers to create policy paths that effectively grant administrative privileges, bypassing the intended policy evaluation controls. The vulnerability has a CVSS 4.0 score of 9.3, indicating critical severity with network attack vector, no required privileges or user interaction, and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation can lead to unauthorized administrative access by bypassing policy evaluation controls, potentially allowing attackers to perform privileged actions within the affected system. This compromises the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of resources governed by the @hulumi/policies component.
Mitigation Recommendations
Upgrade to @hulumi/policies version 1.3.2 or later, where this improper privilege management vulnerability has been addressed. No other mitigations are specified. Patch status is confirmed by the affectedVersions field indicating versions before 1.3.2 are vulnerable.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- VulnCheck
- Date Reserved
- 2026-08-31T08:37:27.054Z
- Cvss Version
- 4.0
- State
- PUBLISHED
Threat ID: 6a954465acd9273b49d7dda4
Added to database: 08/31/2026, 09:07:49 UTC
Last enriched: 10/09/2026, 21:24:04 UTC
Last updated: 10/16/2026, 18:48:24 UTC
Views: 69
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