CVE-2026-5707

EUVD-2026-19548

06.04.2026, 22:16

Unsanitized input in an OS command in the virtual desktop session name handling in AWS Research and Engineering Studio (RES) version 2025.03 through 2025.12.01 might allow a remote authenticated actor to execute arbitrary commands as root on the virtual desktop host via a crafted session name.

To remediate this issue, users are advised to upgrade to RES version 2026.03 or apply the corresponding mitigation patch to their existing environment.

OS Command Injection

Provider	Type	Base Score	Atk. Vector	Atk. Complexity	Priv. Required	Vector
NIST	Primary	8.8 HIGH	NETWORK	LOW	LOW	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Base Score

CVSS 3.x

EPSS Score

Percentile: 31%

Affected Products (NVD)

Vendor	Product	Version
amazon	research_and_engineering_studio	𝑥 < 2026.03

𝑥

= Vulnerable software versions

Known Exploits!

https://github.com/aws/res/issues/151

Common Weakness Enumeration

CWE-78 - Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')
The software constructs all or part of an OS command using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the intended OS command when it is sent to a downstream component.

References

https://aws.amazon.com/security/security-bulletins/2026-014-aws/

https://github.com/aws/res/issues/151

https://github.com/aws/res/releases/tag/2026.03