CVE-2026-110237

Vifm 0.8.1-beta through 0.14.4 reuses a pre-existing IPC FIFO in the shared temporary directory without checking ownership, allowing local users to execute commands as another user. Attackers can pre-create a world-writable vifm-ipc-vifm FIFO and write IPC packets with -c and ! shell commands that execute with the victim's privileges.

CVSS 4.0

7.0CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

CVSS 3.1

7.3CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS

0.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 4% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-25)

CWE

CWE-283

Published

2026-10-13

Modified

2026-10-17

Record from

the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

References

• https://github.com/vifm/vifm/blob/v0.14.4/src/ipc.c#L394-L443
• https://github.com/vifm/vifm/blob/v0.14.4/src/ipc.c#L866-L874
• https://github.com/vifm/vifm/releases/tag/v0.14.4
• https://hackmd.io/@1ExmmukzRMWN7B4gQ4W-4Q/SkX7Pmiofg
• https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/vifm-0.8.1-beta-through-0.14.4-unverified-ipc-fifo-ownership-allows-cross-user-command-execution

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