Description
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.
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CVSS impact metrics
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
7.8 · High
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Vulnerability status
Deferred
Published
2026-10-07T12:17:08.730Z
44 hours agoLast modified
2026-10-07T16:02:48.300Z
41 hours ago