NVIDIA OpenShell Sandbox Exec os command injection

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in NVIDIA OpenShell. Impacted is an unknown function of the component Sandbox Exec Handler. Performing a manipulation results in os command injection. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2026-65086. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. No exploit is available.

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A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in NVIDIA OpenShell (affected version unknown). This affects an unknown functionality of the component Sandbox Exec Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a os command injection vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-78. The product constructs all or part of an OS command using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the intended OS command when it is sent to a downstream component. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

NVIDIA OpenShell for Linux contains a vulnerability in its sandbox exec handler, where an attacker could cause an OS command injection. A successful exploit of this vulnerability might lead to code execution, information disclosure, and data tampering.

This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2026-65086 since 07/21/2026. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 08/25/2026). The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1202 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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• NVIDIA

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• OpenShell

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• commercial

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• Vendor: https://www.nvidia.com/

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