What is CVE-2026-6842?

CVE-2026-6842 is a low-severity vulnerability in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10, classified under Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource. CVSS score: 2.5/10. Published 2026-04-22.

How severe is CVE-2026-6842?

Low severity. CVSS v3 base score is 2.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10

CVE-2026-6842

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 `.de…

EPSS: 0.000 (1.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 2.5 (Low). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-732 — Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource

References

access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-6842 (vdb-entry, x_refsource_REDHAT)
RHBZ#2460018 (issue-tracking, x_refsource_REDHAT)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-6842?: CVE-2026-6842 is a low-severity vulnerability in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10, classified under Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource. CVSS score: 2.5/10. Published 2026-04-22.
How severe is CVE-2026-6842?: Low severity. CVSS v3 base score is 2.5 out of 10.