๐Ÿ” CVE Alert

CVE-2026-119116

HIGH 7.8

Use-after-free in the SetClient command handler of kmstool-enclave in AWS aws-nitro-enclaves-sdk-c

CVSS Score
7.8
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
0th

A use-after-free and double-free issue in the SetClient command handler of the kmstool-enclave sample application of AWS aws-nitro-enclaves-sdk-c before 0.4.6 may allow an application that runs on the parent EC2 instance to corrupt heap memory inside a Nitro Enclave which may lead to arbitrary code execution within the enclave. To remediate this issue, users should rebuild any enclave image that includes kmstool-enclave, or code derived from it, against aws-nitro-enclaves-sdk-c 0.4.6.

CWE CWE-416 CWE-415
Vendor aws
Product kmstool-enclave
Published Oct 30, 2026
Last Updated Oct 30, 2026
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CVSS v3 Breakdown

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
High
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Changed
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

Affected Versions

AWS / kmstool-enclave
0 < 0.4.6

References

NVD โ†— CVE.org โ†— EPSS Data โ†—
github.com: https://github.com/aws/aws-nitro-enclaves-sdk-c/releases/tag/v0.4.6 aws.amazon.com: https://aws.amazon.com/security/security-bulletins/2026-157-aws/ github.com: https://github.com/aws/aws-nitro-enclaves-sdk-c/security/advisories/GHSA-cfhm-qfw4-j7qq