CVE-2026-48097 NexTOR_IP_CHANGER has PATH Injection Leading to Arbitrary Command Execution
An attacker controlling the execution environment can achieve arbitrary code execution by placing malicious executables in the PATH, affecting users of the NexTor IP Changer 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-2026-48097?
CVE-2026-48097 is a high-severity command injection vulnerability in 0x5t4l1n NexTOR_IP_CHANGER, published on 7 Aug 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
NexTor IP Changer is a command-line tool that leverages the Tor network to periodically rotate a user's IP address. Versions prior to 2.0.0 have a command execution vulnerability due to unsafe use of `shell=True` with commands that rely on executable resolution through the `PATH` environment variable. An attacker controlling the execution environment can place malicious executables such as sudo earlier in the `PATH`, resulting in execution of attacker-controlled code. Version 2.0.0 fixes the issue.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-48097?
How do I fix CVE-2026-48097?
No fix has been published for CVE-2026-48097 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-2026-48097 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-48097 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-vx6r-vwjq-567w.