CVE-2026-18394

Incorrect authorization in Strands Agents Tools http_request proxy credential exfiltration

State: Published
Severity: 6.9 Medium
Published: Jul 31, 2026
Updated: Jul 31, 2026
Reserved: Jul 30, 2026

Description

Incorrect authorization in the http_request tool in Strands Agents Tools before 0.8.2 might allow remote attackers to obtain credentials configured via HTTP_REQUEST_TOKEN_CONFIG by influencing the LLM to route requests through actor-controlled proxy infrastructure.

To remediate this issue, users should upgrade to version 0.8.2.

Scores

CVSS	Score	Vector	Source
4.0	6.9 Medium	CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N	AMZN
3.1	7.4 High	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N	AMZN

Weaknesses

CWE-863 Incorrect Authorization

Affected Products

Product	Versions
Strands Agents ToolsAWS	before 0.8.2Affected

References

https://github.com/strands-agents/tools/releases/tag/v0.8.2patch
https://aws.amazon.com/security/security-bulletins/2026-069-aws/vendor-advisory
https://github.com/strands-agents/tools/security/advisories/GHSA-qhw6-2h72-m84vthird-party-advisory

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