CVE-2026-41857 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Attack Requirements Present

User Interaction Active

Vulnerable System Confidentiality Impact High

Vulnerable System Integrity Impact High

Vulnerable System Availability Impact High

Subsequent System Confidentiality Impact None

Subsequent System Integrity Impact None

Subsequent System Availability Impact None

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00148.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

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References

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

History

Thu, 09 Jul 2026 15:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Thu, 09 Jul 2026 05:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Description		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.
Title		BOSH CLI Shell Injection
References		https://www.cloudfoundry.org/blog/cve-2026-41857-bosh-cli-shell-injection/
Metrics		cvssV3_0 `{'score': 7.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}` cvssV4_0 `{'score': 7.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: vmware

Published: 2026-07-09T04:31:33.568Z

Updated: 2026-07-09T14:12:24.049Z

Reserved: 2026-04-22T06:22:10.081Z

Link: CVE-2026-41857

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-07-09T14:11:44.307Z

NVD

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Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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