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title: "CVE-2026-114278: che-machine-exec - Command Injection"
description: "che-machine-exec contains a command injection caused by unescaped user input concatenated into shell commands, letting unauthenticated remote attackers execute arbitrary code in containers, exploit requires authentication disabled."
url: https://panop.io/threat-heartbeat/CVE-2026-114278/
---

# CVE-2026-114278 che-machine-exec - Command Injection

che-machine-exec contains a command injection caused by unescaped user input concatenated into shell commands, letting unauthenticated remote attackers execute arbitrary code in containers, exploit requires authentication disabled.

CVSS base score 9.8 /10

Critical

CISA KEV

Not listed

Public exploit

None known

Authentication

Not required

[View the NVD record ↗](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-114278)

## Details

Type

Command Injection

Impact

Remote Code Execution

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Published

28 October 2026

Updated

29 October 2026

Weakness

[CWE-78](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/78.html)

## Vendor fix

Enable authentication or update to a version that properly escapes user input.

Patching closes this CVE. It does not tell you which of your systems run the affected version, or what else is exposed alongside them.

## References

- [https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-114278](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-114278)
- [https://github.com/eclipse-che/che-machine-exec/commit/a78541c29e5f48fd59a49cf206bc0e507628bd23](https://github.com/eclipse-che/che-machine-exec/commit/a78541c29e5f48fd59a49cf206bc0e507628bd23)
- [https://gitlab.eclipse.org/security/cve-assignment/-/work\_items/476](https://gitlab.eclipse.org/security/cve-assignment/-/work_items/476)
- [https://gitlab.eclipse.org/security/vulnerability-reports/-/work\_items/359](https://gitlab.eclipse.org/security/vulnerability-reports/-/work_items/359)

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