CVE-2026-6390

medium

Description

A flaw was found in GNU nano's multi-buffer error message handling. When a user opens multiple files at startup and one triggers an ALERT-level error, a specially crafted filename containing printf format specifiers can be reinterpreted. This format string vulnerability may allow an attacker to achieve stack information disclosure, cause a denial of service (crash), or potentially perform arbitrary memory writes.

References

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2458767

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-6390

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2026-07-23

Updated: 2026-07-23

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.4

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

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 6.8

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

Severity: Medium

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00154