alexpasmantier Television up to 0.15.9 format_command os command injection

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A vulnerability labeled as problematic has been found in alexpasmantier Television up to 0.15.9. This impacts the function format_command. The manipulation results in os command injection. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2026-112263. The attack is only possible with local access. There is not any exploit available.

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A vulnerability was found in alexpasmantier Television up to 0.15.9. It has been classified as problematic. Affected is the function format_command. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a os command injection vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-78. The product constructs all or part of an OS command using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the intended OS command when it is sent to a downstream component. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Television (tv) 0.15.0 through 0.15.9 contains an OS command injection vulnerability that allows attackers to run shell commands through improperly escaped single quotes in format_command. Attackers can plant a file with a crafted name containing an apostrophe so that triggering an action like the default edit action executes commands with victim privileges.

The advisory is shared for download at github.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2026-112263 since 10/19/2026. The exploitability is told to be easy. The attack needs to be approached locally. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1202.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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Vendor

• alexpasmantier

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• Television

Version

• 0.15.0
• 0.15.1
• 0.15.2
• 0.15.3
• 0.15.4
• 0.15.5
• 0.15.6
• 0.15.7
• 0.15.8
• 0.15.9

Website

• Product: https://github.com/alexpasmantier/television/

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