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GNU Nano

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4CVEs
CVE-2024-5742
Nano: running `chmod` and `chown` on the filename allows malicious user to replace the emergency file with a malicious symlink to a root-owned file
Published 2024-06-12 · Modified
6.7EPSS 0.003
CVE-2026-6843
Nano: nano: format string vulnerability leads to denial of service
Published 2026-04-22 · Analyzed
5.5EPSS 0.001
CVE-2010-1161
Race condition in GNU nano before 2.2.4, when run by root to edit a file that is not owned by root, allows local user-assisted attackers to change the ownership of arbitrary files via vectors related to the creation of backup files.
Published 2010-04-16 · Modified
3.7EPSS 0.003
CVE-2010-1160
GNU nano before 2.2.4 does not verify whether a file has been changed before it is overwritten in a file-save operation, which allows local user-assisted attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on an attacker-owned file that is being edited by the victim.
Published 2010-04-16 · Modified
1.9EPSS 0.004