CVE-2026-18481: Stored cross-site scripting in the participant URL handling in AWS Ops Wheel before PR #168 might allow an authenticated remote user to steal session tokens and escalate to full
Stored cross-site scripting in the participant URL handling in AWS Ops
Wheel before PR #168 might allow an authenticated remote user to steal
session tokens and escalate to full administrative control of the
deployed instance via a crafted participant_url value containing a
dangerous URI scheme.
To remediate this issue, users should redeploy from the latest version of aws-ops-wheel.
Details
Original advisory: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-18481
Exploitation outlook
EPSS (FIRST.org) estimates each CVE’s probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — here is the CSIRTS.com read on those numbers.
- Low exploitation riskCVE-2026-184810.28% 30-day exploitation probability — currently an unlikely target, but scores change as exploit code circulates. Riskier than 20% of all scored CVEs.
Referenced CVEs
| CVE | CSIRTS overview | External |
|---|---|---|
| CVE-2026-18481 | coverage & exploitation status | NVD · CVE.org |
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