Astra Linux – Vulnerability in nano

A vulnerability was discovered in GNU Nano, which allows for potential privilege escalation through an insecure temporary file. If Nano is terminated while editing, a file that it saves to an emergency file, with permissions set to those of the running user, creates an opportunity for attackers t...

SUSE CVE-2026-6842

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...

EUVD-2026-24633

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...

CVE-2026-6843

A flaw was found in nano. A local user could exploit a format string vulnerability in the statusline function. By creating a directory with a name containing printf specifiers, the application attempts to display this name, leading to a segmentation fault SEGV. This results in a Denial of Service...

CVE-2026-6842

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...

CVE-2026-6842

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...

UBUNTU-CVE-2026-6842

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...

CVE-2026-6842 Nano: nano: local attacker can inject malicious .desktop launcher due to insecure directory permissions

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...

Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-6842

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available. - 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...