CVE-2026-85656
highAn OS command injection issue in the log4j-cve-2021-44228-hotpatch package in Amazon Linux before 1.3-9 might allow a local user to execute arbitrary commands…
An OS command injection issue in the log4j-cve-2021-44228-hotpatch package in Amazon Linux before 1.3-9 might allow a local user to execute arbitrary commands with root privileges via a Java process whose executable path contains embedded newline characters.
CVSS
7.8
7.8 (CVSS v3.1)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Severity source: NVD CVSS v3.1 (ff89ba41-3aa1-4d27-914a-91399e9639e5)
Timeline (UTC)
Published: 2026-09-04 18:18
Modified: 2026-09-08 14:00
NVD status: Awaiting Analysis
Last synced 1 day ago
Verified against the source API 2026-10-27 06:50 UTC
Exploitation
Not listed in CISA KEV (as of last catalog sync)
Absence from KEV does not mean a CVE is not exploited. Exploitation status: unknown (no authoritative evidence in our sources).
Affected products
Not reported by the source (unknown — not "none").
Weakness classification (CWE)
Source: NVD / CISA. “NVD-CWE-Other” and “NVD-CWE-noinfo” mean NVD could not assign a specific weakness.
Mitigation & advisories
No vendor advisory or patch reference tagged by NVD. Check the references below.
References
- https://alas.aws.amazon.com/AL2/ALAS2-2026-3784.html ff89ba41-3aa1-4d27-914a-91399e9639e5
- https://aws.amazon.com/security/security-bulletins/2026-098-aws/ ff89ba41-3aa1-4d27-914a-91399e9639e5
Data sources
NVD CVE API 2.0 — fetched 2026-10-27 06:50 UTC · record ↗