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.

To remediate this issue, users are advised to upgrade to RES version 2026.03 or apply the corresponding mitigation patch to their existing environment.
Published: 2026-04-06
Score: 8.7 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: Remote Code Execution
Action: Immediate Patch
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History

Fri, 10 Apr 2026 20:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Amazon
Amazon research And Engineering Studio
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:amazon:research_and_engineering_studio:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Amazon
Amazon research And Engineering Studio

Tue, 07 Apr 2026 15:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Tue, 07 Apr 2026 09:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Aws
Aws research And Engineering Studio
Vendors & Products Aws
Aws research And Engineering Studio

Tue, 07 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
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. To remediate this issue, users are advised to upgrade to RES version 2026.03 or apply the corresponding mitigation patch to their existing environment.
Title Command Injection via Virtual Desktop Session Name in AWS Research and Engineering Studio (RES)
Weaknesses CWE-78
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 8.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 8.7, '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'}


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Aws Research And Engineering Studio
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: AMZN

Published:

Updated: 2026-04-07T15:09:31.614Z

Reserved: 2026-04-06T16:11:18.532Z

Link: CVE-2026-5707

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Updated: 2026-04-07T14:49:28.561Z

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Status : Analyzed

Published: 2026-04-06T22:16:25.263

Modified: 2026-04-10T20:16:05.130

Link: CVE-2026-5707

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No data.

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Updated: 2026-04-13T14:27:33Z

Weaknesses