Bug 2460502 - CVE-2026-6842 nano: nano: Local attacker can inject malicious .desktop launcher due to insecure directory permissions [fedora-all]
Summary: CVE-2026-6842 nano: nano: Local attacker can inject malicious .desktop launch...
Keywords:
Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: nano
Version: rawhide
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Unspecified
low
low
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Lukáš Zaoral
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
URL:
Whiteboard: {"flaws": ["e4a22e30-e0c8-4760-9f98-1...
Depends On:
Blocks: CVE-2026-6842
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2026-04-22 07:23 UTC by Avinash Hanwate
Modified: 2026-05-13 21:26 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

Fixed In Version: nano-8.7.1-2.fc44 nano-8.5-3.fc43 nano-8.3-4.fc42
Clone Of:
Environment:
Last Closed: 2026-05-03 00:49:07 UTC
Type: ---
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Description Avinash Hanwate 2026-04-22 07:23:03 UTC
Disclaimer: Community trackers are created by Red Hat Product Security team on a best effort basis. Package maintainers are required to ascertain if the flaw indeed affects their package, before starting the update process.

Comment 1 Fedora Update System 2026-04-30 09:21:28 UTC
FEDORA-2026-fbeaecb457 (nano-8.3-4.fc42) has been submitted as an update to Fedora 42.
https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2026-fbeaecb457

Comment 2 Fedora Update System 2026-04-30 09:21:36 UTC
FEDORA-2026-3111ffa11a (nano-8.7.1-2.fc44) has been submitted as an update to Fedora 44.
https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2026-3111ffa11a

Comment 3 Fedora Update System 2026-04-30 09:21:42 UTC
FEDORA-2026-d0a0f1c3d2 (nano-8.5-3.fc43) has been submitted as an update to Fedora 43.
https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2026-d0a0f1c3d2

Comment 4 Fedora Update System 2026-05-01 03:15:46 UTC
FEDORA-2026-3111ffa11a has been pushed to the Fedora 44 testing repository.
Soon you'll be able to install the update with the following command:
`sudo dnf upgrade --enablerepo=updates-testing --refresh --advisory=FEDORA-2026-3111ffa11a`
You can provide feedback for this update here: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2026-3111ffa11a

See also https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Updates_Testing for more information on how to test updates.

Comment 5 Fedora Update System 2026-05-01 03:45:41 UTC
FEDORA-2026-fbeaecb457 has been pushed to the Fedora 42 testing repository.
Soon you'll be able to install the update with the following command:
`sudo dnf upgrade --enablerepo=updates-testing --refresh --advisory=FEDORA-2026-fbeaecb457`
You can provide feedback for this update here: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2026-fbeaecb457

See also https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Updates_Testing for more information on how to test updates.

Comment 6 Fedora Update System 2026-05-01 04:02:49 UTC
FEDORA-2026-d0a0f1c3d2 has been pushed to the Fedora 43 testing repository.
Soon you'll be able to install the update with the following command:
`sudo dnf upgrade --enablerepo=updates-testing --refresh --advisory=FEDORA-2026-d0a0f1c3d2`
You can provide feedback for this update here: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2026-d0a0f1c3d2

See also https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Updates_Testing for more information on how to test updates.

Comment 7 Fedora Update System 2026-05-03 00:49:07 UTC
FEDORA-2026-3111ffa11a (nano-8.7.1-2.fc44) has been pushed to the Fedora 44 stable repository.
If problem still persists, please make note of it in this bug report.

Comment 8 Fedora Update System 2026-05-07 01:09:00 UTC
FEDORA-2026-d0a0f1c3d2 (nano-8.5-3.fc43) has been pushed to the Fedora 43 stable repository.
If problem still persists, please make note of it in this bug report.

Comment 9 Fedora Update System 2026-05-13 21:26:45 UTC
FEDORA-2026-fbeaecb457 (nano-8.3-4.fc42) has been pushed to the Fedora 42 stable repository.
If problem still persists, please make note of it in this bug report.


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