theshit's Improper Privilege Dropping Allows Local Privilege Escalation via Command Re-execution

published 2026-03-02 8 mo ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also GHSA-2j3p-gqw5-g59j , EUVD-2026-9256

cvss: 8.4; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.2%; EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 10%
public exploits: 0; none known

theshit is a command-line utility that automatically detects and fixes common mistakes in shell commands. Prior to version 0.2.0, improper privilege dropping allows local privilege escalation via command re-execution. This issue has been patched in version 0.2.0.

Patch / fix

fixed in 1 links 1

crates.io theshit 0.2.0

github.com/AsfhtgkDavid/theshit@5293957 commit

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: Proof of concept is public
Automatable: no
Technical impact: total
Assessed: 8 mo ago (2026-03-02)

Exploit prediction

0.20% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 10% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.1	8.4	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
GitHub	3.1	8.4	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected packages

ecosystem	package	affected	fixed in
crates.io	theshit	<0.2.0	0.2.0

Affected products

AsfhtgkDavid theshit

Classification

Weakness

CWE-273 Improper Check for Dropped Privileges
CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management
CWE-250 Execution with Unnecessary Privileges

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.

Summary