CVE-2026-13760

OS Command Injection in aws-cdk-lib Docker Bundling

HIGH
7.3
CVSS Score
Published: July 1, 2026 at 07:05 PM UTC
Updated: October 25, 2026 at 04:10 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorAWS Cloud Development Kit (CDK)

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Severity
HIGH7.3
Exploit prediction
EPSS 1%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

OS command injection in the NodejsFunction Docker bundling pipeline (OsCommand helper) in AWS aws-cdk-lib on all platforms might allow a actor who controls dependency version strings in a project's package.json file to execute arbitrary commands on the host running the CDK toolchain via injected shell metacharacters in the OsCommand helper. This issue requires the actor to control the content of a package.json dependency version string that is processed during Docker-based bundling with nodeModules specified. To remediate this issue, users should upgrade to v2.260.0.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v < 2.260.0
Affected range stops below 2.260.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatableTotal impact

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CVSS

7.3HIGHAMZN
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusAWAITING ANALYSIS
CWE
CWE-78

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