CVE-2026-36365

high

Description

An issue in Lymphatus caesium-image-compressor All versions up to and including commit 02da2c6 allows a local attacker to execute arbitrary code via the shutdownMachine and putMachineToSleep functions in PostCompressionActions.cpp

References

https://github.com/mertsatilmaz/vulnerability-research/blob/main/advisories/CVE-2026-36365.md

https://github.com/Lymphatus/caesium-image-compressor/pull/376

https://github.com/Lymphatus/caesium-image-compressor/blob/main/src/utils/PostCompressionActions.cpp

https://github.com/Lymphatus/caesium-image-compressor

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2026-05-04

Updated: 2026-05-05

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00018