Authenticated application crash via Base64 decode-table overread
Published Aug 12, 2026 · Updated Aug 12, 2026
Out-of-bounds read in Amazon Web Services' AWS SDK for C++ before 1.11.862 allows remote authenticated users to crash decoding applications. On signed-char platforms, crafted Base64 input causes the core library's decoder to index outside its decode table. Reachability requires a generated service client to decode attacker-controlled input; impact is confined to the decoding process, with no reported data disclosure or modification.
Summary
What happened
Out-of-bounds read in Amazon Web Services' AWS SDK for C++ before 1.11.862 allows remote authenticated users to crash decoding applications. On signed-char platforms, crafted Base64 input causes the core library's decoder to index outside its decode table. Reachability requires a generated service client to decode attacker-controlled input; impact is confined to the decoding process, with no reported data disclosure or modification.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2026-19643
- Published
- Aug 12, 2026
- Updated
- Aug 12, 2026
- Vendor
- Amazon Web Services
- Product
- AWS SDK for C++
- Classifications
- CWE-125, CAPEC-540, T1499.004
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
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- Aug 12, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Aug 12, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=0 <=1.11.861
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