CVE-2026-122137
Powerlevel10k before 1.20.19 contains an insecure temporary directory vulnerability in the bundled…
- Risk score
- 40/100
- CVSS
- 6.7 v3.1
- Published
- 4 Nov 2026
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What to know
- What it is
- Powerlevel10k before 1.20.19 contains an insecure temporary directory vulnerability in the bundled gitstatus/install script that reuses attacker-creatable directories when mktemp fails. Local attackers can pre-create the predictable gitstatus-install.tmp directory to replace the extracted gitstatusd binary, which then…
- Affected
- See advisory
- Fix
- Upgrade the product to 1.20.19 or later.
- Exploitation
- No known exploitation
Why it is Yellow
- CVSS 6.7 medium
References
- https://github.com/romkatv/gitstatus/commit/5433ecbb9a572d6c92be9feb33642395fccc782b
- https://github.com/romkatv/powerlevel10k
- https://github.com/romkatv/powerlevel10k/blob/v1.20.0/gitstatus/install#L255-L256
- https://github.com/romkatv/powerlevel10k/commit/98bd39fd335e3f9f560e48e5c1957cb2a6a212c4
- https://github.com/romkatv/powerlevel10k/issues/2972
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/powerlevel10k-before-1.20.19-insecure-temporary-directory-via-gitstatus-installer
Original description
Powerlevel10k before 1.20.19 contains an insecure temporary directory vulnerability in the bundled gitstatus/install script that reuses attacker-creatable directories when mktemp fails. Local attackers can pre-create the predictable gitstatus-install.tmp directory to replace the extracted gitstatusd binary, which then executes with the victim's privileges.
Last activity 4 Nov 2026. Patch Forecast updates every hour.