CVE-2026-79916Public exploitNetwork attack vectorHinoki check available

Authenticated root command execution via credential injection

Published Sep 21, 2026 · Updated Sep 22, 2026

Command injection in KubeOperator MaxKB before 2.10.5-lts allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary commands as root. The _update_aws_credentials function interpolates control characters from Bedrock access keys into /root/.aws/credentials, allowing an injected credential_process profile. Workspace membership and two model-validation requests are required; the second makes botocore run the profile command with the web process's root privileges.

CVSS severity9.1
Critical
EPSS probability0.45%
Next 30 days · Oct 19, 2026
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
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Summary

What happened

Command injection in KubeOperator MaxKB before 2.10.5-lts allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary commands as root. The _update_aws_credentials function interpolates control characters from Bedrock access keys into /root/.aws/credentials, allowing an injected credential_process profile. Workspace membership and two model-validation requests are required; the second makes botocore run the profile command with the web process's root privileges.

The record

CVE
CVE-2026-79916
Published
Sep 21, 2026
Updated
Sep 22, 2026
Vendor
KubeOperator
Product
MaxKB
Classifications
T1059.004
Attack vector
network
Privileges
authenticated

Timeline

How it unfolded

  1. Sep 21, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
  2. Sep 22, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.

Exploitability

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  1. Affected versionversion=< 2.10.5-lts

What conditions does exploitation require?

Attack vectornetwork
Required privilegesauthenticated

What is affected?

KubeOperator · MaxKBversion=< 2.10.5-lts

Published CVSS scores

9.1GitHub Security AdvisoryCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:L

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Attacks

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Sep 22, 2026Sep 28, 2026
Latest reporting daySep 28, 2026
Latest daily unique IPsUnavailable
Prior 30-day averageUnavailable
SourceShadowserver honeypots (KEV)
Vectornetwork
Privilegesauthenticated
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Public exploitPublished

Weakness, pattern, technique

T1059.004Unix Shell

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