# CVE-2026-105811: Authorization bypass through a user-controlled key in the Amazon Q Business Lambda hook sample in QnABot on AWS

- Severity: CVSS 7.1 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 7.4.6
- Published: 2026-10-06 · Updated: 2026-10-07

## Affected

- aws qnabot-on-aws: from 7.0.0, fixed in 7.4.6

## Description

Authorization bypass through a user-controlled key in the optional Amazon Q Business Lambda hook sample ( q-business-lambda-hook https://github.com/aws-solutions-library-samples/qnabot-on-aws/blob/main/source/docs/lambda_hooks/README.md ), available with QnABot on AWS versions 7.0.0 through 7.4.5, might allow an authenticated remote user to read arbitrary Amazon S3 objects in the deploying AWS account. This sample solution provides an example Lambda hook and requires separate, manual deployment and additional setup. It is not deployed automatically with QnABot. Customers who have not deployed this optional sample hook are not affected and do not need to take action. To remediate this issue, affected customers should update the QnABot on AWS stack to version 7.4.6 or later and then redeploy the Amazon Q Business Lambda hook sample stack. Updating the QnABot on AWS stack alone does not deliver the fix.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on aws qnabot-on-aws, upgrade to a fixed version (7.4.6) per the references below.
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## References

- https://github.com/aws-solutions-library-samples/qnabot-on-aws/releases/tag/v7.4.6
- https://staging.prod.website.marketing.aws.dev/security/security-bulletins/2026-126-aws/

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