CVE-2026-119116

HIGH CVSS 4.0: 8.7
Updated Oct 30, 2026
AWS
Parameter Value
CVSS 8.7 (HIGH)
Affected Versions 0 — 0.4.6
Fixed In 0.4.6
Type CWE-416 (Use After Free), CWE-415 (Double Free)
Vendor AWS
Public PoC No

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.

Attack Parameters

Attack Vector
Local
Requires local access
Attack Complexity
High
Difficult to exploit
Attack Requirements
None
No additional conditions
Privileges Required
Low
Basic privileges needed
User Interaction
None
No user interaction needed

Impact Assessment

Confidentiality
High
Complete data leak
Integrity
High
Complete data modification
Availability
High
Complete denial of service

CVSS Vector v4.0

Vulnerable Products 1

Configuration From (including) Up to (excluding)
Aws Kmstool-Enclave
cpe:2.3:a:aws:kmstool-enclave:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0 0.4.6