CVE-2026-85656

OS command injection in Amazon log4j-cve-2021-44228-hotpatch

Published Sep 4, 2026 CVSS 4.0 · 8.5 High EPSS 1.1% KEV · Not listed
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.

Remediation

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History
Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Type Values Removed Values Added
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.
Title OS command injection in Amazon log4j-cve-2021-44228-hotpatch
First Time appeared Amazon
Amazon log4j-cve-2021-44228-hotpatch
Weaknesses CWE-78
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:amazon:log4j-cve-2021-44228-hotpatch:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Amazon
Amazon log4j-cve-2021-44228-hotpatch
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 8.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
AMZN
Published
Updated
Sep 4, 2026, 5:49 PM
Reserved
Sep 4, 2026, 1:13 PM
Status
Awaiting Analysis
Published
Sep 4, 2026, 6:18 PM
Modified
Sep 8, 2026, 2:00 PM