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

2026-06-03

EPSS Score

0.08% (percentile: 0.4%)

Affected Products (3)

Mariner

• azl3 nano 6.4-2 on Azure Linux 3.0

Other

• 21416-17084
• 20092-17086

Revision History

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