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High ALAS2-2026-3784 1 CVE

Important: log4j-cve-2021-44228-hotpatch security update (Amazon Linux 2)

Published Jul 6, 2026 · Updated Sep 21, 2026

Ecosystem: Amazon Linux

Summary

Package updates are available for Amazon Linux 2 that fix the following vulnerabilities: 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 local user to execute arbitrary commands with root privileges via a Java process whose executable path contains embedded newline characters.

Fixed packages 1

ReleasePackageFixed in
Amazon Linux · 2 log4j-cve-2021-44228-hotpatch 0:1.3-9.amzn2

Vulnerabilities 1

  • High 7.8
    CVE-2026-85656

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

    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.

    amazon log4j-cve-2021-44228-hotpatch

References

  • web
    https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2026-85656.html