AWS EFS CSI Driver Mount Option Injection

Summary

CVECVE-2026-6437
StatePUBLISHED
AssignerAMZN
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2026-04-17 19:16:40 UTC
Updated2026-06-01 13:06:25 UTC
DescriptionImproper neutralization of argument delimiters in the volume handling component in AWS EFS CSI Driver (aws-efs-csi-driver) before v3.0.1 allows remote authenticated users with PersistentVolume creation permissions to inject arbitrary mount options via comma injection. To remediate this issue, users should upgrade to version v3.0.1

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v4.0 6.9 MEDIUM from ff89ba41-3aa1-4d27-914a-91399e9639e5

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:H/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

EPSS: 0.000140000 probability, percentile 0.029460000 (date 2026-06-01)

Problem Types: CWE-88 | CWE-88 CWE-88: Improper Neutralization of Argument Delimiters in a Command ('Argument Injection')


VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
4.0ff89ba41-3aa1-4d27-914a-91399e9639e5Secondary6.9MEDIUMCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:H/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/C...
4.0CNACVSS6.9MEDIUMCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:H/SI:N/SA:N
3.1ff89ba41-3aa1-4d27-914a-91399e9639e5Secondary6.5MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
3.1CNACVSS6.5MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

CVSS v4.0 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Attack Requirements
Present
Privileges Required
High
User Interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
High
Availability
None
Sub Conf.
High
Sub Integrity
None
Sub Availability
None

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:H/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

CVSS v3.1 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
High
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
None

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Amazon Efs Csi Driver All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Amazon AWS EFS CSI Driver unaffected 3.0.1 Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
github.com/kubernetes-sigs/aws-efs-csi-driver/security/advisories/GHSA-m... ff89ba41-3aa1-4d27-914a-91399e9639e5 github.com Vendor Advisory
aws.amazon.com/security/security-bulletins/2026-016-aws ff89ba41-3aa1-4d27-914a-91399e9639e5 aws.amazon.com Vendor Advisory
github.com/kubernetes-sigs/aws-efs-csi-driver/releases/tag/v3.0.1 ff89ba41-3aa1-4d27-914a-91399e9639e5 github.com Release Notes
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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