CVE-2026-86830 Incorrect privilege assignment in Temporary Elevated Access Management (TEAM) for AWS IAM Identity Center
Authenticated users can manipulate access requests to gain unintended temporary elevated access to AWS accounts via the TEAM solution.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2026-86830?
CVE-2026-86830 is a high-severity vulnerability in AWS iam-identity-center-team, published on 14 Sep 2026. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Incorrect privilege assignment in Temporary Elevated Access Management (TEAM) for AWS IAM Identity Center solution before version 1.5.1 might allow an authenticated remote user with application-level access to read, approve, modify, or revoke arbitrary access requests, thereby obtaining unintended temporary elevated access to the AWS accounts accessed using the TEAM deployment.
This issue has been addressed in TEAM version 1.5.1 or later. We recommend upgrading to the latest version and ensuring any forked or derivative code is patched to incorporate the new fixes.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-86830?
How do I fix CVE-2026-86830?
No fix has been published for CVE-2026-86830 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2026-86830 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-86830 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-6x87-mjv8-mgvj.