{"answers":{"affected":"","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-48120 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"Upgrade to a fixed version.","what":"CVE-2026-48120 is a high-severity code injection vulnerability in mawww kakoune, published on 7 Aug 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."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2026-48120 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2026-48120 is a high-severity code injection vulnerability in mawww kakoune, published on 7 Aug 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.\nExploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-48120 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected product: mawww kakoune. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.\n\nTask:\n1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.\n2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-48120/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-48120/index.md)","id":"CVE-2026-48120","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-48120/index.md","name":"CVE-2026-48120","record":{"aliases":["DEBIAN-CVE-2026-48120","GHSA-h99r-h8cp-vwcq","UBUNTU-CVE-2026-48120"],"analysis":{"component_type":"desktop_application","fix_type":"upgrade","impacts":["code_execution"],"network_reachable":"adjacent_or_local","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"Kakoune code editor","requires_auth":"none","summary":"Attackers can execute arbitrary shell commands by tricking users into opening files with malicious backup names in Kakoune.","user_interaction":"required","vuln_class":"code_injection"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"GitHub_M","cpe":[],"cvss":{"score":8.6,"severity":"high","source":"cna","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H","version":"3.1"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-74","name":"Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component"}],"description":"Kakoune is a code editor. Prior to version 2026.05.21, the bundled, enabled by default, `autorestore.kak` script can be exploited by malicious backup files leading to arbitrary kakoune and shell commands being executed by simply opening a file. Kakoune 2026.05.21 fixes the issue. As a workaround, add `autorestore-disable` to the user kakrc will disable the autorestore feature.","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[],"tier":"none_known"},"has_fix":true,"headline":"Kakoune has a Critical RCE via Autorestore Backup Filename Injection","id":"CVE-2026-48120","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":null,"products":[],"type":"code_injection","year":"2026"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":2,"next":{"headline":"@langchain/langgraph-checkpoint-mongodb: NoSQL parameter injection in MongoDBSaver allows cross-tenant state access","id":"CVE-2026-48121"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"Nezha Monitoring: Authenticated agents can forge service-monitor results for other users' services","id":"CVE-2026-48119"},"products":["kakoune"],"published":"2026-08-07","related":[],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CWE Terms of Use","name":"CWE (MITRE)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":"no","exploitation":"none","technical_impact":"total"},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2026-08-11","vendors":["mawww"]},"summary":"Attackers can execute arbitrary shell commands by tricking users into opening files with malicious backup names in Kakoune.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-48120/"}