Vulnerability · Published Sep 4, 2026 · Assigned by AMZN
CVE-2026-85656OS command injection in Amazon log4j-cve-2021-44228-hotpatch
High 7.8
In plain English
A high-severity OS command injection in log4j-cve-2021-44228-hotpatch from Amazon. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 1.1% (higher than 65% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS 3.1)7.8High
Exploit odds (30 days)1.1%top 34.7% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
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.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Amazon | log4j-cve-2021-44228-hotpatch | 0 – before 1.3-9.amzn2 |
Weakness: CWE-78 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
References
- https://alas.aws.amazon.com/AL2/ALAS2-2026-3784.html vendor-advisory, patch, release-notes
- https://aws.amazon.com/security/security-bulletins/2026-098-aws/ vendor-advisory