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

Overview

Severity
Low (CVSS 2.5)
CVSS Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Exploit Status
Not Exploited
Patch Tuesday
2026-Apr
Released
2026-05-03
Last Updated
2026-09-25
EPSS Score
0.11% (percentile: 1.1%)

Affected Products (4)

Other

  • 17720-17084
  • 21416-17084
  • 20092-21692
  • 20092-17086

Revision History

  • 2026-05-03: Information published.
  • 2026-05-05: Information published.
  • 2026-05-08: Information published.
  • 2026-06-03: Information published.
  • 2026-09-25: Information published.