CVE-2026-106057
patool before 4.0.6 contains an OS command injection vulnerability on Windows because…
- Risk score
- 58/100
- CVSS
- 7.8 v3.1
- Exploit chance (30 days)
- 0.8%
- Published
- 7 Oct 2026
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What to know
- What it is
- patool before 4.0.6 contains an OS command injection vulnerability on Windows because shell_quote_nt fails to escape cmd.exe metacharacters or embedded double quotes in archive filenames. Attackers can supply crafted filenames like report&calc.gz for single-file formats run with shell=True to execute commands with pat…
- Affected
- See advisory
- Fix
- Upgrade the product to 4.0.6 or later.
- Exploitation
- No known exploitation
Why it is Yellow
- CVSS 7.8 high
References
Original description
patool before 4.0.6 contains an OS command injection vulnerability on Windows because shell_quote_nt fails to escape cmd.exe metacharacters or embedded double quotes in archive filenames. Attackers can supply crafted filenames like report&calc.gz for single-file formats run with shell=True to execute commands with patool process privileges.
Last activity 7 Oct 2026. Patch Forecast updates every hour.