{"id":"CVE-2026-5707","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2026-5707","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T07:04:24.988Z","title":"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…","description":"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.\n\nTo remediate this issue, users are advised to upgrade to RES version 2026.03 or apply the corresponding mitigation patch to their existing environment.","published":"2026-04-06T22:16:25.000Z","lastModified":"2026-07-24T09:10:00.000Z","status":"Analyzed","sourceIdentifier":"ff89ba41-3aa1-4d27-914a-91399e9639e5","cvss":{"version":"4.0","score":8.7,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/M"},"cwe":["CWE-78"],"affected":["amazon/research and engineering studio"],"epss":{"score":0.00994,"percentile":0.62452,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"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 (0.99%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://aws.amazon.com/security/security-bulletins/2026-014-aws/","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"ff89ba41-3aa1-4d27-914a-91399e9639e5"},{"url":"https://github.com/aws/res/issues/151","tags":["Exploit","Issue Tracking"],"source":"ff89ba41-3aa1-4d27-914a-91399e9639e5"},{"url":"https://github.com/aws/res/releases/tag/2026.03","tags":["Release Notes"],"source":"ff89ba41-3aa1-4d27-914a-91399e9639e5"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-5707","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."}