CVE-2005-2929: University Of Kansas Lynx

High severity, CVSS 7.5. EPSS: 4.9% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Lynx 2.8.5, and other versions before 2.8.6dev.15, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via (1) lynxcgi:, (2) lynxexec, and (3) lynxprog links, which are not properly restricted in the default configuration in some environments.

Affected products

Published 2005-11-18. Last modified 2026-06-16.