CVE-2026-106057

LOWCVSS 8.5 · HIGH

Signal is active with 1 mentions in latest observed window

Immediate actions

Track advisory updates for patch or workaround availability

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NVD description

patool before 4.0.6 contains an OS command injection vulnerability on Windows because shell_quote_nt fails to escape cmd.exe metacharacters or embedded double quotes in archive filenames. Attackers can supply crafted filenames like report&calc.gz for single-file formats run with shell=True to execute commands with patool process privileges.

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0.0/ 10 priority

Sources & remediation

Other references

Weakness type (CWE)

CWE-78

Priority

LOW

Exploitation

NONE

PoC

NONE

Patch

NONE

Momentum

NONE

Threat summary

1 mentions across 1 observed day

What's happening

1 total mentions across 1 day

Deep dive

Activity timeline1 mentions / 1d

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DFIR Lab@DFIR_Lab1d
🚨 HIGH: CVE-2026-106057 (CVSS 7.8) patool <4.0.6 on Windows vulnerable to OS command injection via crafted archive filenames. Attackers can execute arbitrary commands with process privileges. Patch immediately to v4.0.6+ #CVE #Vulnerability #PatchNow https://t.co/TQPUJVcl7B
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