CVE-2026-21882 (GCVE-0-2026-21882)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-03-02 19:17 – Updated: 2026-03-02 19:44
VLAI?
Title
theshit's Improper Privilege Dropping Allows Local Privilege Escalation via Command Re-execution
Summary
theshit is a command-line utility that automatically detects and fixes common mistakes in shell commands. Prior to version 0.2.0, improper privilege dropping allows local privilege escalation via command re-execution. This issue has been patched in version 0.2.0.
Severity ?
8.4 (High)
CWE
Assigner
References
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Impacted products
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| AsfhtgkDavid | theshit |
Affected:
< 0.2.0
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Nomenclature
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