Improper privilege management in the log rotation mechanism of the Skylight Workspace Config Service in Amazon WorkSpaces for Windows before 2.6.2034.0 allows a local non-admin authenticated user to place arbitrary files into arbitrary locations bypassing file system permission protections, leading to local privilege escalation to SYSTEM.
History

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Title Privilege Escalation via Log Rotation in Amazon WorkSpaces

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First Time appeared Amazon
Amazon workspaces
Vendors & Products Amazon
Amazon workspaces

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Description Improper privilege management in the log rotation mechanism of the Skylight Workspace Config Service in Amazon WorkSpaces for Windows before 2.6.2034.0 allows a local non-admin authenticated user to place arbitrary files into arbitrary locations bypassing file system permission protections, leading to local privilege escalation to SYSTEM.
Weaknesses CWE-367
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 8.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: AMZN

Published:

Updated: 2026-05-04T22:07:35.680Z

Reserved: 2026-05-04T18:48:58.397Z

Link: CVE-2026-7791

cve-icon Vulnrichment

No data.

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-05-04T22:16:20.697

Modified: 2026-05-04T22:16:20.697

Link: CVE-2026-7791

cve-icon Redhat

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-05-05T00:00:10Z