🛡️ CVE-2026-48120

🟠 CVSS 8.6 — High ✅ No Known Exploit CWE-74 NVD
8.6
CVSS Score
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Description

Kakoune is a code editor. Prior to version 2026.05.21, the bundled, enabled by default, autorestore.kak script can be exploited by malicious backup files leading to arbitrary kakoune and shell commands being executed by simply opening a file. Kakoune 2026.05.21 fixes the issue. As a workaround, add autorestore-disable to the user kakrc will disable the autorestore feature.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached with local access to the system, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs no privileges on the target. A user must be tricked into taking some action. The scope is changed, meaning a successful attack can affect components beyond the vulnerable one. Rated impact: confidentiality high, integrity high, availability high.

Affected software

CVE-2026-48120 is recorded against 1 package.

  • unknown

Timeline and source

Published on 7 August 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from NVD.

References

github.com
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Details

Severity HIGH
CVSS Score 8.6
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE CWE-74
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source NVD
Published 2026-08-07
Updated 2026-08-11
Modified 2026-08-07
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
unknown — —

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