CVE-2026-16287 Root Command Injection via Offline Update in TÜBİTAK BİLGEM's pardus-update
Attackers can execute arbitrary OS commands with root privileges via the offline update mechanism in Pardus update tool.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2026-16287?
CVE-2026-16287 is a high-severity command injection vulnerability in TUBITAK BILGEM Software Technologies Research Institute pardus-update, published on 23 Jul 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Improper neutralization of special elements used in an OS command ('OS command injection') vulnerability in TUBITAK BILGEM Software Technologies Research Institute pardus-update allows OS Command Injection.
This issue affects pardus-update: from 0.6.6 before 0.7.0.
Weakness: CWE-78
Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-16287?
How do I fix CVE-2026-16287?
No fix has been published for CVE-2026-16287 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-2026-16287 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-16287 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-48px-72pc-9gfw.