Critical AWS Supply Chain Vulnerability: CodeBreach Allowed Takeover of Key GitHub Repositories
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Summary
Wiz Research discovered CodeBreach, a critical supply chain vulnerability in AWS that allowed attackers to potentially take over key AWS GitHub repositories, including the JavaScript SDK that powers the AWS Console. The vulnerability stemmed from a misconfiguration in AWS CodeBuild CI pipelines, enabling attackers to inject malicious code that could have compromised the entire AWS Console and affected countless applications dependent on the SDK. This represented a platform-wide security threat to AWS accounts.
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The issue allowed a complete takeover of key AWS GitHub repositories - most notably the AWS JavaScript SDK, a core library that powers the AWS Console.
By exploiting CodeBreach, attackers could have injected malicious code to launch a platform-wide compromise, potentially affecting not just the countless applications depending on the SDK, but the Console itself, threatening every AWS account.
The vulnerability stemmed from a subtle flaw in how the repositories' AWS CodeBuild CI pipeline
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