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CVE-2026-106057
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 …
Impact
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.
Affected products
| Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|
| Patool | before 4.0.6 |
Versions were read from the advisory text. No structured product data has been published for this record yet.
Weakness classification
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- https://github.com/wummel/patool
- https://github.com/wummel/patool/blob/4.0.5/patoolib/util.py#L110-L116
- https://github.com/wummel/patool/commit/592f35761f428afbcde2888ecd3cc4af43881aeb
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/patool-before-4.0.6-os-command-injection-on-windows-via-shell-quote-nt