CVE-2026-65609 PUBLISHED

Out-of-bounds write in nnn

Assigner: CERT-PL
Reserved: 22.07.2026 Published: 19.08.2026 Updated: 19.08.2026

nnn is vulnerable to Out-of-Bound write vulnerability. Due to lack of validation of attacker-controlled length fields deserialized from a session file, a crafted session file can cause nnn to write data beyond the bounds of fixed-size global buffers when loaded with the -s option. An attacker who can place a malicious session file in the victim's nnn session directory can exploit this to corrupt adjacent global state.

Maintainer of this project was notified about this vulnerability. It might has been addressed, but the maintainer did not provide a vulnerable version range. Only version 5.2 was tested and confirmed as vulnerable.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:A/VC:N/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CVSS Score: 2.4

Product Status

Vendor nnn
Product nnn
Versions Default: unknown
  • Version 5.2 is affected

Credits

  • Michał Majchrowicz (AFINE Team) finder
  • Marcin Wyczechowski (AFINE Team) finder

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-787 Out-of-bounds write CWE