{"id":"CVE-2026-85656","title":"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 embedde…","summary":"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 embedde…","severity":"high","cvss":7.8,"cvssVector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","cwe":["CWE-78"],"published":"2026-09-04","updated":"2026-09-08","sourceUpdated":"2026-09-08T14:00:33.017","source":"NVD","sourceUrl":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-85656","references":[{"url":"https://alas.aws.amazon.com/AL2/ALAS2-2026-3784.html","label":"ff89ba41-3aa1-4d27-914a-91399e9639e5"},{"url":"https://aws.amazon.com/security/security-bulletins/2026-098-aws/","label":"ff89ba41-3aa1-4d27-914a-91399e9639e5"}],"tags":["nvd"],"epss":0.01121,"epssPercentile":0.64257,"ingestedAt":"2026-09-08T15:33:26.964Z","slug":"CVE-2026-85656","body":"## Overview\n\nAn 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.\n\n## Remediation\n\nRefer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.","depth":"twilight","depthScore":43,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":42.9,"likelihood":0.2,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[]}