---
id: CVE-2026-119085
title: >-
  Template injection in the publishing component of awslabs Virtual Engineering
  Workbench
summary: >-
  Improper neutralization of special elements used in a template engine in the
  publishing component of Amazon Virtual Engineering Workbench (VEW) could allow
  a remote authenticated third party to run arbitrary code with the permissions
  of …
severity: high
cvss: 8.8
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'
cvssSource: cna
cwe:
  - CWE-1336
vendor: AWS
product: virtual-engineering-workbench
affected:
  - virtual-engineering-workbench < c146486cec41f5b04fae57e9ce1a7fb40e695615
ssvc:
  exploitation: none
  automatable: 'no'
  technicalImpact: total
  timestamp: '2026-11-02T19:08:37.497229Z'
published: '2026-11-02'
updated: '2026-11-03'
sourceUpdated: '2026-11-03T16:27:32.559Z'
source: CVEORG
sourceUrl: 'https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-119085'
references:
  - url: >-
      https://github.com/awslabs/virtual-engineering-workbench/commit/c146486cec41f5b04fae57e9ce1a7fb40e695615
  - url: 'https://aws.amazon.com/security/security-bulletins/2026-162-aws/'
  - url: >-
      https://github.com/awslabs/virtual-engineering-workbench/security/advisories/GHSA-mf9w-9v72-cqm9
tags:
  - cve.org
epss: 0.00554
epssPercentile: 0.46359
ingestedAt: '2026-11-05T20:33:06.287Z'
---

## Overview

Improper neutralization of special elements used in a template engine in the publishing component of Amazon Virtual Engineering Workbench (VEW) could allow a remote authenticated third party to run arbitrary code with the permissions of the publishing Lambda's IAM role. This could allow access to data and resources across all tenant projects. The code is reachable through a crafted CloudFormation template body containing template engine directives submitted through the product versioning API.



To remediate this issue, users should redeploy from the latest version of awslabs/virtual-engineering-workbench.

## Affected

- `virtual-engineering-workbench < c146486cec41f5b04fae57e9ce1a7fb40e695615`

## Remediation

Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.