CVE-2025-12815 Missing authorization in Research and Engineering Studio (RES)
Authenticated users can view other users' desktop session metadata and screenshots due to missing ownership verification in AWS RES.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-12815?
CVE-2025-12815 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in AWS Research and Engineering Studio (RES), published on 6 Nov 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
An ownership verification issue in the Virtual Desktop preview page in the Research and Engineering Studio (RES) on AWS before version 2025.09 may allow an authenticated remote user to view another user's active desktop session metadata, including periodical desktop preview screenshots.
To mitigate this issue, users should upgrade to version 2025.09 or above.
Weakness: CWE-283
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-12815?
How do I fix CVE-2025-12815?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-12815 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.
Is CVE-2025-12815 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-12815 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-x3cx-g8g9-75hv.