5.5

CVE-2026-6843

Nano: nano: format string vulnerability leads to denial of service

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 (DoS) for the `nano` application.
Daten sind bereitgestellt durch National Vulnerability Database (NVD)
Gnu ≫ Nano Version 8.7
Redhat ≫ Enterprise Linux Version 6.0
Redhat ≫ Enterprise Linux Version 7.0
Redhat ≫ Enterprise Linux Version 8.0
Redhat ≫ Enterprise Linux Version 9.0
Redhat ≫ Enterprise Linux Version 10.0
Zu dieser CVE wurde keine Warnung gefunden.
EPSS Metriken
Typ Quelle Score Percentile
EPSS FIRST.org 0.11% 0.014
CVSS Metriken
Quelle Base Score Exploit Score Impact Score Vector String
RedHat 5.5 1.8 3.6
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE-134 Use of Externally-Controlled Format String

The product uses a function that accepts a format string as an argument, but the format string originates from an external source.

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2460017
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Issue Tracking
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-6843
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