THREAT OPS › Threat News › [NVD] CVE-2026-6842 (LOW 2.5) — 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 unin
[NVD] CVE-2026-6842 (LOW 2.5) — 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 unin
CVE-2026-6842 CVSS: 2.5 LOW Published: 2026-04-22T08:16:13.170
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
Indicators of compromise
- CVE-2026-6842cve
Original source: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-6842