CVE-2026-6842

LOW2.5EPSS 0.01%
Published: 4/22/2026Modified: 5/16/2026

Description

A flaw was found in nano. In environments with permissive umask settings, a local attacker can exploit incorrect directory permissions (0777 instead of 0700) for the `~/.local` directory. This allows the attacker to inject a malicious `.desktop` launcher, which could lead to unintended actions or information disclosure if the launcher is subsequently processed.

Affected packages (1)

CVSS scores

SourceVersionSeverityVector
osvCVSS 3.1LOW2.5CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

References (1)