patool before 4.0.6 contains an OS command injection vulnerability on Windows because shell_quote_nt fails to escape cmd.exe metacharacters or embedded double quotes in archive filenames. Attackers can supply crafted filenames like report&calc.gz for single-file formats run with shell=True to execute commands with patool process privileges.

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Wed, 07 Oct 2026 15:30:00 +0000

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{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


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Description patool before 4.0.6 contains an OS command injection vulnerability on Windows because shell_quote_nt fails to escape cmd.exe metacharacters or embedded double quotes in archive filenames. Attackers can supply crafted filenames like report&calc.gz for single-file formats run with shell=True to execute commands with patool process privileges.
Title patool before 4.0.6 OS Command Injection on Windows via shell_quote_nt
Weaknesses CWE-78
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 8.5, 'vector': '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'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulnCheck

Published:

Updated: 2026-10-07T14:43:03.949Z

Reserved: 2026-10-06T14:14:17.255Z

Link: CVE-2026-106057

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-10-07T14:43:00.523Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2026-10-07T12:17:08.730

Modified: 2026-10-07T16:02:48.300

Link: CVE-2026-106057

cve-icon Redhat

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-10-07T13:30:17Z

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