PT-2026-34267 · Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10+5

Published 2026-04-22 · Updated 2026-04-22 · CVE-2026-6842

NVD

CVSS v3.1

2.5

Low

AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

A flaw was found in nano. In environments with permissive umask settings, a local attacker can exploit incorrect directory permissions (0777 instead of 0700) for the ~/.local directory. This allows the attacker to inject a malicious .desktop launcher, which could lead to unintended actions or information disclosure if the launcher is subsequently processed.

Fix

Incorrect Permission

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-732

Related Identifiers

CVE-2026-6842

Affected Products

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

Red Hat Openshift Container Platform 4

References · 3

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-6842 · Security Note
• https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-6842 · Note
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2460018 · Note