CVE-2026-110237 Vifm 0.8.1-beta through 0.14.4 Unverified IPC FIFO Ownership Allows Cross-User Command Execution
Local attackers can execute arbitrary commands as another user by exploiting unverified IPC FIFO ownership in Vifm.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2026-110237?
CVE-2026-110237 is a high-severity vulnerability in vifm, published on 13 Oct 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
Vifm 0.8.1-beta through 0.14.4 reuses a pre-existing IPC FIFO in the shared temporary directory without checking ownership, allowing local users to execute commands as another user. Attackers can pre-create a world-writable vifm-ipc-vifm FIFO and write IPC packets with -c and ! shell commands that execute with the victim's privileges.
Weakness: CWE-283
Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-110237?
Linux distribution packages (1)
vifm openSUSE:Tumbleweed | All versions | 0.14.5-1.1 |
How do I fix CVE-2026-110237?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Is CVE-2026-110237 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-110237 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2026-110237, GHSA-vf53-5m97-qg59, UBUNTU-CVE-2026-110237, openSUSE-SU-2026:12311-1.