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 i...
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GNU nano vulnerabilities
4 published CVES affecting GNU nano, from public sources (CVE.org, NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS, OSV).
- Total
- 4
- Critical
- 0
- High
- 0
- Medium
- 2
- Low
- 2
- Unscored
- 0
- CISA KEV
- 0
Latest GNU nano CVEs
Newest publication first
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MediumCVSS 5.5
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MediumCVSS 6.7
A vulnerability was found in GNU Nano that allows a possible privilege escalation through an insecure temporary file. If Nano is killed while editing, a file it saves to an emergency file with the permissions of the running user provides a window of opportunity for attackers to e...
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LowCVSS 3.7
Race condition in GNU nano before 2.2.4, when run by root to edit a file that is not owned by root, allows local user-assisted attackers to change the ownership of arbitrary files via vectors related to the creation of backup files.
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LowCVSS 1.9
GNU nano before 2.2.4 does not verify whether a file has been changed before it is overwritten in a file-save operation, which allows local user-assisted attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on an attacker-owned file that is being edited by the victim.
Sources: CVE.org, NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS, OSV and public exploit-reference metadata. Product matching comes from the published CVE records. A proof-of-concept means public code exists; it is not evidence of exploitation.