CVE-2026-112263
Television 0.15.0 through 0.15.9 OS Command Injection via External Action Formatting
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 8.5 High
- Published
- Oct 19, 2026
- Updated
- Oct 22, 2026
- Reserved
- Oct 19, 2026
Description
Television (tv) 0.15.0 through 0.15.9 contains an OS command injection vulnerability that allows attackers to run shell commands through improperly escaped single quotes in format_command. Attackers can plant a file with a crafted name containing an apostrophe so that triggering an action like the default edit action executes commands with victim privileges.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.0 | 8.5 High | CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N | VulnCheck |
| 3.1 | 7.8 High | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H | VulnCheck |
Weaknesses
- CWE-78 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
televisionalexpasmantier |
|
References
- https://github.com/alexpasmantier/television/issues/1166issue-tracking
- https://github.com/alexpasmantier/television/commit/d7d46abb791181a3b5b6eed05e72aafcaa0ef269patch
- https://github.com/alexpasmantier/television/commit/32695ccc6cd2b05cf7f1d3b80c24e324d5343eecpatch
- https://github.com/alexpasmantier/television/blob/0.15.9/television/utils/command.rstechnical-description
- https://github.com/alexpasmantier/television/blob/0.15.9/cable/unix/files.tomltechnical-description
- VulnCheck Advisory: Television 0.15.0 through 0.15.9 OS Command Injection via External Action Formattingthird-party-advisory
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