GNU Nano Vulnerability Allows Privilege Escalation Through Insecure Temporary File

CVE-2024-5742

Summary

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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