CVE-2002-0382: Xchat

High severity, CVSS 7.5. EPSS: 2.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

XChat IRC client allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a /dns command on a host whose DNS reverse lookup contains shell metacharacters.

Affected products

• Xchat Xchat: up to and including 1.89

Published 2002-06-25. Last modified 2026-06-16.