---
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: 0.64748
ingestedAt: '2026-09-08T15:33:26.964Z'
---

## Overview

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.

## Remediation

Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.