---
id: "CVE-2026-112263"
kind: "vulnerability"
aliases: ["CVE-2026-112263"]
title: "Television: crafted filenames with apostrophes run shell commands"
severity: "high"
cvss: 8.5
epss: null
exploited: false
status: "open"
category: "package"
products: []
ecosystems: []
tags: ["developer-tools", "linux", "macos", "package", "television", "terminal"]
not_affected_if: ["fixed-version", "single-user-directories"]
published_at: "2026-10-19T14:17:02+00:00"
first_seen_at: "2026-10-23T21:57:18+00:00"
updated_at: "2026-10-25T03:00:34+00:00"
sources: [{"source": "nvd", "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-112263", "first_seen_at": "2026-10-23T21:57:18+00:00"}]
---

# Television: crafted filenames with apostrophes run shell commands

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.

_Summary, check and fix written by a model from the sources; labelled as such._

## How to check

- Run `tv --version` and look for a version between `0.15.0` and `0.15.9`
- 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)
- Until upgraded, avoid opening untrusted directories with tv

## Timeline

- 2026-10-23T21:57:18+00:00 nvd https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-112263

## From the sources

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.

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