CVE-2026-41857

A compromised or malicious BOSH Director can execute arbitrary shell commands on the operator's workstation when the operator runs bosh ssh (or bosh scp/bosh logs -f) with default flags. Affected versions: BOSH CLI versions prior to 7.10.5.

CVSS v3 7.8 HIGH

7.8^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector : AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitability : 1.8 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://www.cloudfoundry.org/blog/cve-2026-41857-bosh-cli-shell-injection/	Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:cloudfoundry:bosh_cli:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2026-07-09 06:16

Updated : 2026-07-13 13:37

NVD link : CVE-2026-41857

Mitre link : CVE-2026-41857

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-41857

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Products Affected

cloudfoundry

bosh_cli

CWE

CWE-78

Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')

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