CVE-2026-121550: low-severity vulnerability in jarun nnn
nnn through 5.3 Symlink-Following Write via NNN_FIFO Handling
Published
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8Vexday Risk Score
No sign of exploitation. No public exploitation artifact known so far.
ssvc Trackcvss 1epss 0.1%
nnn through 5.3 contains an insecure file handling vulnerability that allows local attackers to redirect writes because main() accepts an existing NNN_FIFO path without verifying it is a FIFO. Attackers can pre-create the documented predictable /tmp/nnn.fifo path as a symlink or readable regular file, causing victim-writable files to be overwritten or leaking the victim's browsed paths.
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:A/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Affected products
jarun · nnnRelated CVEs — jarun nnn
In the same product, most dangerous first.
References
https://github.com/jarun/nnnhttps://github.com/jarun/nnn/blob/v5.3/src/nnn.c#L10635https://github.com/jarun/nnn/blob/v5.3/src/nnn.c#L7433https://github.com/jarun/nnn/commit/04715921aece0257fef7a8558c0783493d98efffhttps://github.com/jarun/nnn/issues/2188https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/nnn-through-5.3-symlink-following-write-via-nnn-fifo-handling