CVE-2010-1161: GNU Nano

Low severity, CVSS 3.7. EPSS: 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Race condition in GNU nano before 2.2.4, when run by root to edit a file that is not owned by root, allows local user-assisted attackers to change the ownership of arbitrary files via vectors related to the creation of backup files.

Affected products

• GNU Nano: up to and including 2.2.3; version 0.5.0 only; version 0.5.1 only; version 0.5.2 only; version 0.5.3 only; version 0.5.4 only; …

Published 2010-04-16. Last modified 2026-06-16.