CVE-2026-79916 MaxKB - Command Injection

MaxKB < 2.10.5-lts contains a command injection caused by unsafe parsing of control characters in AWS credentials fields, letting authenticated workspace members execute commands as root, exploit requires authentication.

CVSS base score 9.1 /10
Critical
CISA KEV
Not listed
Public exploit
None known
Authentication
Required
EPSS
0.45% chance of exploitation in 30 days
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Details

Type
Command Injection
Impact
Remote Code Execution
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:L
Published
21 September 2026
Updated
15 October 2026
Weakness
CWE-78

Vendor fix

Update to version 2.10.5-lts or later.

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

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