CVE-2026-5707

HIGH

Command Injection via Virtual Desktop Session Name in AWS Research and Engineering Studio (RES)

Title source: cna

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.

References (3)

Core 3

Core References

Release Notes release-notes

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

Patch patch

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

Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory

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

Scores

CVSS v3 8.8

EPSS 0.0099

EPSS Percentile 58.0%

Attack Vector NETWORK

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

Details

CWE

CWE-78

Status published

Products (2)

amazon/research_and_engineering_studio < 2026.03

AWS/Research and Engineering Studio (RES) 2025.03 - 2025.12.01

Published Apr 06, 2026

Tracked Since Apr 07, 2026