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CVE-2021-36753

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2021-07-15 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-427

Description

sharkdp BAT before 0.18.2 executes less.exe from the current working directory.

Affected products

• Bat Project Bat: before 0.18.2 — fixed in 0.18.2

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Bat Project Bat 0.18.2. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://github.com/sharkdp/bat/commit/bf2b2df9c9e218e35e5a38ce3d03cffb7c363956
• https://github.com/sharkdp/bat/pull/1724
• https://github.com/sharkdp/bat/releases/tag/v0.18.2
• https://vuln.ryotak.me/advisories/53
• https://github.com/sharkdp/bat/commit/bf2b2df9c9e218e35e5a38ce3d03cffb7c363956
• https://github.com/sharkdp/bat/pull/1724
• https://github.com/sharkdp/bat/releases/tag/v0.18.2
• https://vuln.ryotak.me/advisories/53

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