| CVSS Meta Temp Score | Current Exploit Price (≈) | CTI Interest Score |
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| 4.1 | $0-$5k | 0.75 |
Summary
A vulnerability marked as problematic has been reported in jarun nnn up to 5.3. Impacted is an unknown function of the component pdfread/nuke. Performing a manipulation results in temp file. This vulnerability was named CVE-2026-121549. The attack needs to be approached locally. There is no available exploit.
Details
A vulnerability was found in jarun nnn up to 5.3. It has been classified as problematic. This affects an unknown code of the component pdfread/nuke. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a temp file vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-377. Creating and using insecure temporary files can leave application and system data vulnerable to attack. This is going to have an impact on integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:
nnn through 5.3 contains an insecure temporary file vulnerability in the pdfread and nuke plugins that allows local attackers to overwrite files by exploiting predictable paths in /tmp. Attackers can pre-create a symlink at the name-derived or PID-derived path so the victim's plugin truncates and overwrites any file the victim can write.
The advisory is shared at github.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2026-121549 since 11/03/2026. The exploitability is told to be easy. An attack has to be approached locally. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.
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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Product
Vendor
Name
Version
Website
- Product: https://github.com/jarun/nnn/
CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv4
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CVSSv3
VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.1VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.1
VulDB Base Score: 3.9
VulDB Temp Score: 3.8
VulDB Vector: 🔒
VulDB Reliability: 🔍
CNA Base Score: 4.4
CNA Vector (VulnCheck): 🔒
CVSSv2
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VulDB Reliability: 🔍
Exploiting
Class: Temp fileCWE: CWE-377
CAPEC: 🔒
ATT&CK: 🔒
Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: Partially
Availability: 🔒
Status: Not defined
Price Prediction: 🔍
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Threat Intelligence
Interest: 🔍Active Actors: 🔍
Active APT Groups: 🔍
Countermeasures
Recommended: no mitigation knownStatus: 🔍
0-Day Time: 🔒
Timeline
11/03/2026 Advisory disclosed11/03/2026 CVE reserved
11/03/2026 VulDB entry created
11/03/2026 VulDB entry last update
Sources
Product: github.comAdvisory: github.com
Status: Not defined
CNA: VulnCheck
CVE: CVE-2026-121549 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2026-121549
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-430413
Entry
Created: 11/03/2026 16:51Changes: 11/03/2026 16:51 (74)
Complete: 🔍
Cache ID: 216::103
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