CVE-2026-85656

Public on 2026-09-04
Modified on 2026-09-16
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.
Severity
Important severity
Important
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CVSS v3 Base Score
8.8
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Affected Packages

Platform Package Release Date Advisory Status
Amazon Linux 2 - Core log4j-cve-2021-44228-hotpatch Pending Fix

CVSS Scores

Score Type Score Vector
Amazon Linux CVSSv3 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H