CVE-2026-110237
Vifm 0.8.1-beta through 0.14.4 reuses a pre-existing IPC FIFO in the shared temporary directory…
- Risk score
- 45/100
- CVSS
- 7.3 v3.1
- Exploit chance (30 days)
- 0.1%
- Published
- 13 Oct 2026
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What to know
- What it is
- 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 vic…
- Affected
- See advisory
- Fix
- Apply the vendor's security update; see the linked advisory.
- Exploitation
- No known exploitation
Why it is Yellow
- CVSS 7.3 high
References
- https://github.com/vifm/vifm/blob/v0.14.4/src/ipc.c#L394-L443
- https://github.com/vifm/vifm/blob/v0.14.4/src/ipc.c#L866-L874
- https://github.com/vifm/vifm/releases/tag/v0.14.4
- https://hackmd.io/@1ExmmukzRMWN7B4gQ4W-4Q/SkX7Pmiofg
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/vifm-0.8.1-beta-through-0.14.4-unverified-ipc-fifo-ownership-allows-cross-user-command-execution
Original description
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.
Last activity 13 Oct 2026. Patch Forecast updates every hour.