{"cve":"CVE-2024-5742","nvd":{"published":"2024-06-12T09:15:23.037","modified":"2026-10-15T01:19:18.190","status":"Modified","description":"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 escalate privileges through a malicious symlink.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","score":6.7},"cwes":["CWE-59"],"references":["https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:6986","https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:9430","https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-5742","https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2278574","https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-5742"],"products":["gnu:nano","redhat:enterprise_linux"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T21:51:20.603330631+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2024-5742","score":0.00344,"percentile":0.27689,"date":"2026-10-25"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}