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CVE

CVE-2026-21882

theshit's Improper Privilege Dropping Allows Local Privilege Escalation via Command Re-execution
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CVE

CVE-2026-21882

theshit's Improper Privilege Dropping Allows Local Privilege Escalation via Command Re-execution

theshit is a command-line utility that automatically detects and fixes common mistakes in shell commands. Prior to version 0.2.0, improper privilege dropping allows local privilege escalation via command re-execution. This issue has been patched in version 0.2.0.

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CVSS Version

Severity
Base Score
CVSS Version
Score Vector
C
H
U
8.4
-
3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
C
H
U
0
-
3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
C
H
U
-

Related Resources

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References

https://github.com/AsfhtgkDavid/theshit/security/advisories/GHSA-2j3p-gqw5-g59j, https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/21xxx/CVE-2026-21882.json, https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-21882, https://github.com/AsfhtgkDavid/theshit/commit/5293957b119e55212dce2c6dcbaf1d7eb794602a

Severity

8.4

CVSS Score
0
10

Basic Information

Ecosystem
Base CVSS
8.4
EPSS Probability
0.0002%
EPSS Percentile
0.05604%
Introduced Version
0
Fix Available
fe96d690302cf818b1798e45de9fc5ecdf57d40c

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