CVE-2026-85656
OS command injection in Amazon log4j-cve-2021-44228-hotpatch
CVSS Score
7.8
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
0th
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.
| CWE | CWE-78 |
| Vendor | amazon |
| Product | log4j-cve-2021-44228-hotpatch |
| Published | Sep 4, 2026 |
| Last Updated | Sep 4, 2026 |
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CVSS v3 Breakdown
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Affected Versions
Amazon / log4j-cve-2021-44228-hotpatch
0 < 1.3-9.amzn2