CVE-2024-5742
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 3.1
- 6.7
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - EPSS
- 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 27% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-25)
- CWE
- CWE-59
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
Affected
- gnu:nano
- redhat:enterprise_linux