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Alpine: multiple lite-xl packages: security update to 2.1.8-r0

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 436143

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - Lite XL versions 2.1.8 and prior contain a vulnerability in the system.exec function, which allowed
 arbitrary command execution through unsanitized shell command construction. This function was used in
 project directory launching (core.lua), drag-and-drop file handling (rootview.lua), and the “open in
 system” command in the treeview plugin (treeview.lua). If an attacker could influence input to
 system.exec, they might execute arbitrary commands with the privileges of the Lite XL process.
 (CVE-2025-12121)

See Also

https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2025-12121

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 436143

Version: Revision 1.7

Type: Local

Published: 11/22/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.9

Percentile: 96.96

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-12121

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.3

Temporal Score: 6.6

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/11/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-12121