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CVE-2026-112263: Television 0.15.0 through 0.15.9 OS Command Injection via External Action Formatting

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2026-10-19 · updated 2026-10-22
• Weakness: CWE-78

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.

Affected products

• alexpasmantier television: from 0.15.0 through 0.15.9

References

• https://github.com/alexpasmantier/television/blob/0.15.9/cable/unix/files.toml
• https://github.com/alexpasmantier/television/blob/0.15.9/television/utils/command.rs
• https://github.com/alexpasmantier/television/commit/32695ccc6cd2b05cf7f1d3b80c24e324d5343eec
• https://github.com/alexpasmantier/television/commit/d7d46abb791181a3b5b6eed05e72aafcaa0ef269
• https://github.com/alexpasmantier/television/issues/1166
• https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/television-0.15.0-through-0.15.9-os-command-injection-via-external-action-formatting

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