AWS CodeBuild Misconfiguration Exposes Global Cloud Environments

First seen 15 Jan 2026, 19:52 UTC • Theregister

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A critical misconfiguration in AWS's CodeBuild service allowed complete takeover of AWS's GitHub repositories, affecting every AWS environment worldwide. Wiz security researchers disclosed the issue to AWS in August 2025, and the vulnerability was fixed in September 2025, preventing potential exploitation by cybercriminals or state actors.

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Attack Flow

9 entities, 10 inferred relationships (STIX 2.1).

Technique (1)

Supply Chain Attack

Organization (2)

Amazon
AWS

Affected Platform (3)

CodeBuild
GitHub
JavaScript SDK

Tool (2)

GitHub Apps
Npm

Vulnerability (1)

CodeBreach

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GitHub Apps exploits CodeBreach
Npm exploits CodeBreach
CodeBreach targets CodeBuild
CodeBreach targets GitHub
CodeBreach targets JavaScript SDK
Supply Chain Attack targets CodeBuild
Supply Chain Attack targets GitHub
Supply Chain Attack targets JavaScript SDK
CodeBreach related to Amazon
CodeBreach related to AWS

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AWS CodeBuild Misconfiguration Exposes Global Cloud Environments

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