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CVE-2026-79916: MaxKB is an open-source AI assistant for enterprise. Prior to 2.10.5-lts, authenticated workspace members can inject...

CRITICAL CVSS 0.0 EPSS 0.27%

Published: September 21, 2026 | Last Modified: September 21, 2026

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.

Ghostwire Analysis — What This Means Practically

Exploitation Probability (EPSS): Low — 0.27% (20th percentile)

Low exploitation probability based on current threat landscape data. Standard patching timeline is appropriate.

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