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CVE-2026-6550: Key commitment policy bypass via shared key cache in AWS Encryption SDK for Python

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.7 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2026-04-20 · updated 2026-10-26
• Weakness: CWE-757

Description

Cryptographic algorithm downgrade in the caching layer of Amazon AWS Encryption SDK for Python before version 3.3.1 and before version 4.0.5 might allow an authenticated local threat actor to bypass key commitment policy enforcement via a shared key cache, resulting in ciphertext that can be decrypted to multiple different plaintexts. To remediate this issue, users should upgrade to version 3.3.1, 4.0.5 or above.

Affected products

• AWS Encryption SDK for Python: from 2 through 2.5.1; from 3 through 3.3.0; from 4 through 4.0.4

References

• https://aws.amazon.com/security/security-bulletins/2026-017-aws/
• https://github.com/aws/aws-encryption-sdk-python/releases/tag/v3.3.1
• https://github.com/aws/aws-encryption-sdk-python/releases/tag/v4.0.5
• https://github.com/aws/aws-encryption-sdk-python/security/advisories/GHSA-v638-38fc-rhfv

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