{"id":"CVE-2026-112263","kind":"vulnerability","aliases":["CVE-2026-112263"],"related":[],"title":"Television: crafted filenames with apostrophes run shell commands","description":"Television (tv) 0.15.0 through 0.15.9 contains an OS command injection vulnerability that allows attackers to run shell commands through improperly escaped single quotes in format_command. Attackers can plant a file with a crafted name containing an apostrophe so that triggering an action like the default edit action executes commands with victim privileges.","summary":"Television (tv), a terminal fuzzy finder, versions 0.15.0 through 0.15.9 fail to escape single quotes in format_command. A file with an apostrophe in its name can make a default action such as edit run attacker-chosen shell commands with the victim's privileges.","severity":"high","cvss":8.5,"epss":null,"exploited":false,"exploited_at":null,"products":[],"ecosystems":[],"tags":["developer-tools","linux","macos","package","television","terminal"],"not_affected_if":["fixed-version","single-user-directories"],"how_to_check":"- Run `tv --version` and look for a version between `0.15.0` and `0.15.9`\n- Check whether any directory you browse with tv could contain files planted by others","fix":"- Upgrade Television to a release newer than `0.15.9` (the sources do not name the fixed version)\n- Until upgraded, avoid opening untrusted directories with tv","status":"open","published_at":"2026-10-19T14:17:02+00:00","first_seen_at":"2026-10-23T21:57:18+00:00","triaged_at":"2026-10-25T03:00:34+00:00","updated_at":"2026-10-25T03:00:34+00:00","category":"package","confidence":0.7,"triage":{"at":"2026-10-25T03:00:34Z","model":"claude-haiku-5-5","output":{"fix":"- Upgrade Television to a release newer than `0.15.9` (the sources do not name the fixed version)\n- Until upgraded, avoid opening untrusted directories with tv","reach":"local","title":"Television: crafted filenames with apostrophes run shell commands","impact":"high","summary":"Television (tv), a terminal fuzzy finder, versions 0.15.0 through 0.15.9 fail to escape single quotes in format_command. A file with an apostrophe in its name can make a default action such as edit run attacker-chosen shell commands with the victim's privileges.","category":"package","nicknames":[],"who_cares":["television","terminal","developer-tools","linux","macos"],"confidence":0.7,"needs_auth":"no","worst_case":"Attacker commands run with the victim's user privileges on their machine","analyst_note":"Find the fixed Television version and confirm whether the default edit action is the only trigger; check the NVD entry at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-112263 and the upstream repository advisory.","how_to_check":"- Run `tv --version` and look for a version between `0.15.0` and `0.15.9`\n- Check whether any directory you browse with tv could contain files planted by others","needs_analyst":true,"not_affected_if":["fixed-version","single-user-directories"],"who_is_affected":"Anyone running Television 0.15.0 through 0.15.9 who browses directories that could contain files written by someone else, such as shared repositories, downloads folders or uploaded content. A user has to trigger an action on the crafted file for the command to run. Teams using other versions or only working in directories they control can skip it.","user_interaction":"yes","needs_special_setup":"no","severity_if_unknown":"high"},"cost_usd":0.000634,"input_tokens":3331,"output_tokens":602,"severity_before":"high"},"analyst_status":null,"analyst_note":null,"search":"'-112263':11A,14A '-2026':10A,13A '0.15.0':30B,70C '0.15.9':32B,72C 'action':53B,110C,115C 'allow':80C 'apostroph':5A,45B,105C 'attack':59B,81C,94C 'attacker-chosen':58B 'chosen':60B 'command':8A,40B,62B,76C,85C,93C,117C 'contain':73C,103C 'craft':2A,101C 'cve':9A,12A 'default':52B,113C 'develop':16B 'developer-tool':15B 'edit':56B,114C 'escap':35B,88C 'execut':116C 'fail':33B 'file':42B,98C 'filenam':3A 'finder':28B 'format':39B,92C 'fuzzi':27B 'improp':87C 'inject':77C 'like':111C 'linux':18B 'maco':19B 'make':50B 'name':48B,102C 'os':75C 'packag':20B 'plant':96C 'privileg':67B,120C 'quot':37B,90C 'run':6A,57B,83C 'shell':7A,61B,84C 'singl':36B,89C 'televis':1A,21B,23B,68C 'termin':22B,26B 'tool':17B 'trigger':108C 'tv':24B,69C 'version':29B 'victim':65B,119C 'vulner':78C","nicknames":[],"mitigations":[],"who_affected":"Anyone running Television 0.15.0 through 0.15.9 who browses directories that could contain files written by someone else, such as shared repositories, downloads folders or uploaded content. A user has to trigger an action on the crafted file for the command to run. Teams using other versions or only working in directories they control can skip it.","tier":"B","verified":{},"analyst_revisit_at":null,"first_public_at":"2026-10-19T14:17:02+00:00","kev":null,"cvss_vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X","cvss_by":"disclosure@vulncheck.com","poc_count":0,"sources":[{"source":"nvd","external_id":"CVE-2026-112263","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-112263","severity":null,"published_at":"2026-10-19T14:17:02+00:00","modified_at":"2026-10-22T03:16:36+00:00","first_seen_at":"2026-10-23T21:57:18+00:00","fetched_at":"2026-10-23T22:28:57+00:00","note":null}],"documents":[],"notice":"Free to read at a human pace. An API with keys and an MCP server are in preparation; early access: hello@infrastack.ai"}