CVE-2026-85656
⚠️ highSummary
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.
CVSS Score
7.8
High
EPSS Score
1.1
Exploit Probability
Published Date
2026-09-04
First Seen: 2026-09-05
📊 Relative Risk Intelligence
This CVE is Moderate Risk - more severe than 68.7% of all 353,061 vulnerabilities in our database.
#110,655
Above average severity
Severity Percentile
🎯 CISA SSVC Assessment Updated: Sep 4, 2026
🔍 Exploitation Status
None
No known exploits
⚙️ Automatable
NO
Requires human interaction
💥 Technical Impact
Total
Complete system compromise possible
SSVC data provided by
CISA
Last Modified
2026-09-04
Source
NVD 🔗
CVSS Vector 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS Vector 4.0
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/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
CWE IDs (Weakness Types)
