Cross-user code execution via exposed HMAC key
Published Sep 1, 2026 · Updated Sep 1, 2026
Cleartext key storage in Amazon SageMaker Python SDK v3 before 3.11.0 and v2 before 2.256.0 allows remote authenticated users to execute code. The @step and @remote pipeline path places its symmetric HMAC key in pipeline definitions returned by DescribePipeline, enabling forged signatures for attacker-controlled serialized payloads in S3. Exploitation requires same-account DescribePipeline and target-bucket PutObject permissions; a victim pipeline then deserializes the payload under the victim execution role.
Summary
What happened
Cleartext key storage in Amazon SageMaker Python SDK v3 before 3.11.0 and v2 before 2.256.0 allows remote authenticated users to execute code. The @step and @remote pipeline path places its symmetric HMAC key in pipeline definitions returned by DescribePipeline, enabling forged signatures for attacker-controlled serialized payloads in S3. Exploitation requires same-account DescribePipeline and target-bucket PutObject permissions; a victim pipeline then deserializes the payload under the victim execution role.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2026-83551
- Published
- Sep 1, 2026
- Updated
- Sep 1, 2026
- Vendor
- Amazon Web Services
- Product
- Amazon SageMaker Python SDK
- Classifications
- CWE-312, CAPEC-586, T1059.009
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
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- Sep 1, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Sep 1, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=0 <2.256.0
- Affected versionversion=0 <3.11.0
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