CVE-2026-11417

unknowncovered by 1 sourcefirst seen 2026-06-10

Bulletin ID: 2026-041-AWS Scope: AWS Content Type: Important (requires attention) Publication Date: 06/10/2026 10:45 AM PDT Description: AWS CDK (aws-cdk-lib) is an open-source framework for defining cloud infrastructure in code and provisioning it through AWS CloudFormation. We identified CVE-2026-11417, an OS command injection issue in the NodejsFunction local bundling pipeline in aws-cdk-lib before 2.245.0 (2.246.0 on Windows) that may allow an actor who controls the value of one or more bundling properties (externalModules, define, loader, inject, or esbuildArgs) to execute arbitrary commands on the host running the CDK toolchain via injected shell metacharacters. This issue requires the actor to control the value of one or more of the affected bundling properties in the CDK application. Impacted versions: < 2.245.0 (on Windows, < 2.246.0) Please refer to the article below for the most up-to-date and complete information related to this AWS Security Bulletin.

CSIRTS triage

What: An OS command injection issue may allow execution of arbitrary commands on the host.
Who is affected: Users of aws-cdk-lib versions before 2.245.0 (2.246.0 on Windows).
Urgency: Remediation is important due to the potential for command injection.
Action: Update aws-cdk-lib to version 2.245.0 or later.

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Exploitation outlook

Low exploitation risk0.94% 30-day exploitation probability — currently an unlikely target, but scores change as exploit code circulates. Riskier than 57% of all EPSS-scored CVEs.

Advisory coverage (1)

unknownCVE-2026-10740 - Excessive memory allocation in s2n-quicaws · 2026-06-10

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