CVE-2026-79916 MaxKB AWS Bedrock model credential injection leads to remote code execution
Authenticated users can inject AWS credentials to execute arbitrary commands as root via botocore credential_process.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2026-79916?
CVE-2026-79916 is a critical command injection vulnerability in 1Panel-dev MaxKB, published on 21 Sep 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
MaxKB is an open-source AI assistant for enterprise. Prior to 2.10.5-lts, authenticated workspace members can inject control characters into AWS Bedrock access_key_id and secret_access_key fields that _update_aws_credentials writes to /root/.aws/credentials without safe parsing. An attacker can append a new AWS profile containing credential_process, then select that profile during a later model-validation request so botocore executes an attacker-controlled command as root. This vulnerability is fixed in 2.10.5-lts.
Weakness: CWE-78
Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-79916?
How do I fix CVE-2026-79916?
No fix has been published for CVE-2026-79916 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and pass arguments to programs as a list instead of through a shell. More about Command injection.
Is CVE-2026-79916 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-79916 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-2324-7xjr-9qxg.