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AWS Security BulletinsCVE-2026-18420

CVE-2026-18420 - Remote Code Execution via Prototype Pollution in OpenSearch Dashboards TSVB Plugin

Severity not listed 1 CVE Published Oct 21, 2026 at 7:53 PM UTC

Summary

Bulletin ID: 2026-085-AWS

Scope: AWS

Content Type: Important (requires attention)

Publication Date: 08/20/2026 13:30 PM PDT

Description:

Improper input validation in the Time Series Visual Builder (TSVB) plugin in OpenSearch Dashboards before 3.8 allows a remote authenticated user with standard data access permissions to execute arbitrary code on the server by sending a crafted JSON payload to the metrics visualization API endpoint. To mitigate this issue, users should upgrade to OpenSearch Dashboards 3.8 or later.

Impacted products and versions:

- OpenSearch-Dashboards (open-source, self-managed): >=3.0.0, <3.8.0

- OpenSearch-Dashboards (AWS Managed): >=3.0.0, <3.8.0

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Products covered

A separate affected-products list was not included in the collected bulletin.

Remediation

To mitigate this issue, users should upgrade to OpenSearch Dashboards 3.8 or later.

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