AWS Patches SDK Flaw Allowing Credential Theft via Region Field Manipulation

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Published: 2026-08-24T13:00:00Z
Category: technology
Source: SiliconANGLE

Amazon Web Services (AWS) has patched a critical flaw across seven of its Software Development Kits (SDKs.) The vulnerability allowed attackers to manipulate the region field in SDK calls, redirecting requests to attacker-controlled domains and potentially leading to the theft of sensitive credentials, including Kubernetes service account tokens. The issue was discovered by product security startup Pi Inc.

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