CVE-2026-13760: aws-cdk-lib: OS Command Injection in NodejsFunction Docker Bundling
AWS CDK (aws-cdk-lib) is an open-source framework for defining cloud infrastructure in code and provisioning it through AWS CloudFormation. OS command injection issue in the NodejsFunction Docker bundling pipeline in aws-cdk-lib before 2.260.0 that might allow an 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.
References
- aws.amazon.com/security/security-bulletins/2026-050-aws
- github.com/advisories/GHSA-vcrf-j523-4mrf
- github.com/aws/aws-cdk/commit/baa9e1dff469306cc23b8f4bd232d703f98bf68a
- github.com/aws/aws-cdk/pull/38133
- github.com/aws/aws-cdk/releases/tag/v2.260.0
- github.com/aws/aws-cdk/security/advisories/GHSA-vcrf-j523-4mrf
- nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-13760
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