PT-2026-107482 · Wummel · Patool

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CVE-2026-106057

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Published

2026-10-07

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Updated

2026-10-07

CVSS v3.1

7.8

High

VectorAV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
patool before 4.0.6 contains an OS command injection vulnerability on Windows because shell quote nt fails to escape cmd.exe metacharacters or embedded double quotes in archive filenames. Attackers can supply crafted filenames like report&calc.gz for single-file formats run with shell=True to execute commands with patool process privileges.

Fix

OS Command Injection

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Weakness Enumeration

Related Identifiers

CVE-2026-106057

Affected Products

Patool