CVE-2026-110237 json
Vifm 0.8.1-beta through 0.14.4 Unverified IPC FIFO Ownership Allows Cross-User Command Execution
published 2026-10-13 26 d ago modified 2026-10-17 23 d ago also EUVD-2026-99021
- cvss
- 7.3
- version 3.1, CNA
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 0.1%
- EPSS 0.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 4%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
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.
Patch / fix
- vifm Debian 14 0.14.5-1
debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2026-110237
- vifm openSUSE Tumbleweed 0.14.5-1.1
opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2026:12311-1
Vendor advisories
What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.
red hat product security vex CVE-2026-110237 updated cvss 7.3
vifm: vifm: arbitrary code execution via unverified IPC pipe ownership
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Red Hat All currently supported Red Hat productsnot affected: vulnerable code not present
Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf
CISA SSVC
- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- total
- Assessed
- 23 d ago
Exploit prediction
0.15% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 4% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CNA | 4.0 | 7.0 | CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N |
| CNA | 3.1 | 7.3 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| CNA | 4.0 | 7.0 | CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X |
Affected products
- vifm vifm
Classification
- Weakness
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- CWE-283 Unverified Ownership
References
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hackmd.io
/@1ExmmukzRMWN7B4gQ4W-4Q/SkX7Pmiofg
third-party-advisory
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github.com
/vifm/vifm/blob/v0.14.4/src/ipc.c#L394-L443
technical-description
-
github.com
/vifm/vifm/blob/v0.14.4/src/ipc.c#L866-L874
technical-description
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github.com
/vifm/vifm/releases/tag/v0.14.4
release-notes
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vulncheck.com
/advisories/vifm-0.8.1-beta-through-0.14.4-unverified-ipc-fifo-ownership-allows-cross-user-command-execution
third-party-advisory
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2026-110237
- NVD CVE-2026-110237
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