USN-8386-1: Nano vulnerabilities

USN-8386-1: Nano vulnerabilities

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/rss.xml / Fri, 06/05/2026 - 23:27
Michał Majchrowicz and Marcin Wyczechowski discovered that Nano created the ~/.local directory with incorrect permissions. In environments with permissive umask settings, a local attacker could possibly use this issue to inject a malicious launcher file, resulting in information disclosure or other unintended actions. (CVE-2026-6842) Michał Majchrowicz and Marcin Wyczechowski discovered that Nano incorrectly handled directory names when updating the status line. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Nano to crash, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, Ubuntu 24.04 LTS, Ubuntu 25.10, and Ubuntu 26.04 LTS. (CVE-2026-6843)

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