8.5
High
CVE-2026-85656 An OS command injection issue in the log4j-cve-2021-44228-hotpatch package in Amazon Linux before 1.3-9 might allow a…
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 and versions
| Product | Affected versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| log4j-cve-2021-44228-hotpatch 1.3 | earliest → < 1.3-9.amzn2 | 1.3-9.amzn2 |