CVE-2026-6842: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10

Low severity, CVSS 2.5. EPSS: 0.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

A flaw was found in nano. In environments with permissive umask settings, a local attacker can exploit incorrect directory permissions (0777 instead of 0700) for the `~/.local` directory. This allows the attacker to inject a malicious `.desktop` launcher, which could lead to unintended actions or information disclosure if the launcher is subsequently processed.

Affected products

• Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
• Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
• Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
• Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
• Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
• Red Hat Red Hat Openshift Container Platform 4

Published 2026-04-22. Last modified 2026-09-01.