Amazon AWS SDK for Ruby up to 1.207.x risky encryption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Amazon AWS SDK for Ruby up to 1.207.x and classified as problematic. Affected is an unknown function. This manipulation causes risky encryption. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2025-14762. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. There is no exploit available. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Amazon AWS SDK for Ruby up to 1.207.x. It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown part. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a risky encryption vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-327. The product uses a broken or risky cryptographic algorithm or protocol. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Missing cryptographic key commitment in the AWS SDK for Ruby may allow a user with write access to the S3 bucket to introduce a new EDK that decrypts to different plaintext when the encrypted data key is stored in an "instruction file" instead of S3's metadata record. To mitigate this issue, upgrade AWS SDK for Ruby to version 1.208.0 or later.

It is possible to read the advisory at aws.amazon.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2025-14762 since 12/16/2025. The exploitation appears to be difficult. The attack can be launched remotely. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1600 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 279261 (Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2025-14762), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading to version 1.208.0 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (279261), EUVD (EUVD-2025-203943) and CERT Bund (WID-SEC-2026-0552). Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

Affected

  • Open Source Fluentd

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.1
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.0

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VulDB Temp Score: 4.8
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CNA Base Score: 5.3
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Risky encryption
CWE: CWE-327 / CWE-310
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔒
Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 279261
Nessus Name: Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2025-14762

Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: AWS SDK for Ruby 1.208.0

Timelineinfo

12/16/2025 CVE reserved
12/17/2025 +1 days Advisory disclosed
12/17/2025 +0 days VulDB entry created
02/27/2026 +72 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: AWS-2025-032
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2025-14762 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-14762
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-337039
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CERT Bund: WID-SEC-2026-0552 - Fluentd: Mehrere Schwachstellen

Entryinfo

Created: 12/17/2025 21:35
Updated: 02/27/2026 13:59
Changes: 12/17/2025 21:35 (77), 12/17/2025 22:33 (1), 12/19/2025 08:37 (2), 12/20/2025 09:01 (1), 02/27/2026 13:59 (7)
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