Television (tv) 0.15.0 through 0.15.9 contains an OS command injection vulnerability that allows attackers to run shell commands through improperly escaped single quotes in format_command. Attackers can plant a file with a crafted name containing an apostrophe so that triggering an action like the default edit action executes commands with victim privileges.

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Attack Requirements None

User Interaction Passive

Vulnerable System Confidentiality Impact High

Vulnerable System Integrity Impact High

Vulnerable System Availability Impact High

Subsequent System Confidentiality Impact None

Subsequent System Integrity Impact None

Subsequent System Availability Impact None

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions
alexpasmantier television unaffected
Version Status Constraints
0.15.0 affected ≤ 0.15.9

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References
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https://github.com/alexpasmantier/television/blob/0.15.9/cable/unix/files.toml cve-icon cve-icon
https://github.com/alexpasmantier/television/blob/0.15.9/television/utils/command.rs cve-icon cve-icon
https://github.com/alexpasmantier/television/commit/32695ccc6cd2b05cf7f1d3b80c24e324d5343eec cve-icon cve-icon
https://github.com/alexpasmantier/television/commit/d7d46abb791181a3b5b6eed05e72aafcaa0ef269 cve-icon cve-icon
https://github.com/alexpasmantier/television/issues/1166 cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/television-0.15.0-through-0.15.9-os-command-injection-via-external-action-formatting cve-icon cve-icon
History

Mon, 19 Oct 2026 14:00:00 +0000

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Description Television (tv) 0.15.0 through 0.15.9 contains an OS command injection vulnerability that allows attackers to run shell commands through improperly escaped single quotes in format_command. Attackers can plant a file with a crafted name containing an apostrophe so that triggering an action like the default edit action executes commands with victim privileges.
Title Television 0.15.0 through 0.15.9 OS Command Injection via External Action Formatting
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: 2026-10-19T13:55:13.736Z

Reserved: 2026-10-19T13:25:23.451Z

Link: CVE-2026-112263

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-10-19T14:17:02.787

Modified: 2026-10-19T14:17:02.787

Link: CVE-2026-112263

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Updated: 2026-10-19T16:00:15Z

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