CVE-2024-36053: Linuxmint Mintupload

Critical severity, CVSS 9.0. EPSS: 1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

In the mintupload package through 4.2.0 for Linux Mint, service-name mishandling leads to command injection via shell metacharacters in check_connection, drop_data_received_cb, and Service.remove. A user can modify a service name in a ~/.linuxmint/mintUpload/services/service file.

Affected products

• Linuxmint Mintupload

Published 2024-05-19. Last modified 2026-06-17.