CVE-2026-112263 Television 0.15.0 through 0.15.9 OS Command Injection via External Action Formatting
Attackers can execute arbitrary shell commands by planting files with crafted names containing apostrophes, triggering actions in the Television application.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2026-112263?
CVE-2026-112263 is a high-severity command injection vulnerability in alexpasmantier television, published on 19 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
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.
Weakness: CWE-78
Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-112263?
How do I fix CVE-2026-112263?
No fix has been published for CVE-2026-112263 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and pass arguments to programs as a list instead of through a shell. More about Command injection.
Is CVE-2026-112263 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-112263 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-7x82-xp7c-mx7c.