Critical severity · published Sep 21, 2026
CVE-2026-79916
MaxKB AWS Bedrock model credential injection leads to remote code execution
9.1
CVSS
0.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
MaxKB is an open-source AI assistant for enterprise. Prior to 2.10.5-lts, authenticated workspace members can inject control characters into AWS Bedrock access_key_id and secret_access_key fields that _update_aws_credentials writes to /root/.aws/credentials without safe parsing. An attacker can append a new AWS profile containing credential_process, then select that profile during a later model-validation request so botocore executes an attacker-controlled command as root. This vulnerability is fixed in 2.10.5-lts.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:L
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
Low
Availability
Low
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.4% · higher than 39% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
MA
MaxKB · 1Panel-dev
< 2.10.5-lts · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-79916
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-79916
github.com
https://github.com/1Panel-dev/MaxKB/commit/a1e413d196004421ab0953ee0baa13d4ca0fe3c4
github.com
https://github.com/1Panel-dev/MaxKB/pull/6418
github.com
https://github.com/1Panel-dev/MaxKB/releases/tag/v2.10.5-lts
github.com
https://github.com/1Panel-dev/MaxKB/security/advisories/GHSA-2324-7xjr-9qxg
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