{"id":"CVE-2026-114278","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2026-114278","generatedAt":"2026-11-04T11:42:52.766Z","title":"When che-machine-exec is run with authentication disabled (its default), any network-reachable attacker can achieve remote code execution in containers che-machine-exec is configured to access, via shell command substitution ($(...) or backticks).","description":"The che-machine-exec service constructs a shell command by concatenating user-controlled input (the username and namespace fields from the /exec/init and /exec/config JSON endpoints) into a double-quoted sh -c \"echo \"...\" > ...\" invocation without any escaping. When che-machine-exec is run with authentication disabled (its default), any network-reachable attacker can achieve remote code execution in containers che-machine-exec is configured to access, via shell command substitution ($(...) or backticks).","published":"2026-10-28T12:17:40.000Z","lastModified":"2026-10-28T15:24:56.000Z","status":"Deferred","sourceIdentifier":"emo@eclipse.org","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":9.8,"severity":"CRITICAL","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-78"],"affected":[],"epss":{"score":0.00899,"percentile":0.59674,"date":"2026-11-03","history":[{"date":"2026-10-29","score":0.00899,"percentile":0.59543}]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.90%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[{"kind":"new","label":"New CVE","at":"2026-10-28T12:17:40.000Z","detail":{"score":"9.8","severity":"CRITICAL","publishedAt":"2026-10-28T12:17:39.773Z"},"summary":"New CVE, critical severity (CVSS 9.8)."}],"references":[{"url":"https://github.com/eclipse-che/che-machine-exec/commit/a78541c29e5f48fd59a49cf206bc0e507628bd23","source":"emo@eclipse.org"},{"url":"https://gitlab.eclipse.org/security/cve-assignment/-/work_items/476","source":"emo@eclipse.org"},{"url":"https://gitlab.eclipse.org/security/vulnerability-reports/-/work_items/359","source":"emo@eclipse.org"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-114278","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}