CVE-2026-121548

NameCVE-2026-121548
DescriptionJarun nnn through 5.3 contains an OS command injection vulnerability in plugins/togglex that allows attackers to execute commands via crafted filenames. Attackers can place files whose names contain a double quote and shell syntax, which xargs -I splices into an sh -c script, running commands as the user invoking togglex.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, ENISA, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Debian ELTS, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
Debian Bugs1153547

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
nnn (PTS)bookworm4.7-1vulnerable
trixie5.0-1vulnerable
forky, sid5.3-1vulnerable

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
nnnsource(unstable)(unfixed)1153547

Notes

https://github.com/jarun/nnn/issues/2188
Fixed by: https://github.com/jarun/nnn/commit/04715921aece0257fef7a8558c0783493d98efff

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