Bug 2546718 - CVE-2026-78847 conky: gray-matter: arbitrary code execution via eval in front matter parsing [epel-all]
Summary: CVE-2026-78847 conky: gray-matter: arbitrary code execution via eval in front...
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Status: CLOSED NOTABUG
Alias: None
Product: Fedora EPEL
Classification: Fedora
Component: conky
Version: epel10
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Unspecified
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high
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Assignee: Miroslav Lichvar
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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Blocks: CVE-2026-78847
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Reported: 2026-10-06 17:49 UTC by aedmond
Modified: 2026-10-07 06:58 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2026-10-07 06:58:26 UTC
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Description aedmond 2026-10-06 17:49:27 UTC 
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An issue in gray-matter All versions (verified on 4.0.3) allows the JavaScript engine in lib/engines.js using eval() to parse front matter when language is js/javascript.This allows arbitrary code execution.
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