CVE-2024-5742 — Nano: running `chmod` and `chown` on the filename allows malicious user to replace the emergency file with a malicious…

2026-09-29T21:57:21.394596+00:00

Affected: nano, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

A vulnerability was found in GNU Nano that allows a possible privilege escalation through an insecure temporary file. If Nano is killed while editing, a file it saves to an emergency file with the permissions of the running user provides a window of opportunity for attackers to escalate privileges through a malicious symlink.

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