Vulnerability details

CVE-2026-110237

vifm vifm

Vifm 0.8.1-beta through 0.14.4 Unverified IPC FIFO Ownership Allows Cross-User Command Execution

CVSS 4.0

7.0High

Official description

Vifm 0.8.1-beta through 0.14.4 reuses a pre-existing IPC FIFO in the shared temporary directory without checking ownership, allowing local users to execute commands as another user. Attackers can pre-create a world-writable vifm-ipc-vifm FIFO and write IPC packets with -c and ! shell commands that execute with the victim's privileges.

CVSS scores

Score	Version	Source	Vector
7.0High	4.0	CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA) (VulnCheck)	`CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N`
7.3High	3.1	CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA) (VulnCheck)	`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions	Source
vifm	vifm	0.8.1-beta ≤ v ≤ 0.14.4	CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA)

References and advisories

https://hackmd.io/@1ExmmukzRMWN7B4gQ4W-4Q/SkX7Pmiofg third-party-advisory
https://github.com/vifm/vifm/blob/v0.14.4/src/ipc.c#L394-L443 technical-description
https://github.com/vifm/vifm/blob/v0.14.4/src/ipc.c#L866-L874 technical-description
https://github.com/vifm/vifm/releases/tag/v0.14.4 release-notes
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/vifm-0.8.1-beta-through-0.14.4-unverified-ipc-fifo-ownership-allows-cross-user-command-execution third-party-advisory

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Details

Published: 2026-10-13
Last updated: 2026-10-17
State: Published
Assigner (CNA): VulnCheck

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

0.14%

Probability of exploitation in 30 days

4.1%

Percentile (among all CVEs)

SSVC assessment (CISA)

Automatable: No
Exploitation: None
Technical impact: Total

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-283
Unverified Ownership