CVE-2026-86022

VNote: Argument injection to arbitrary command execution via crafted note filename in external-program handling

HIGH
7
CVSS Score
Published: October 13, 2026 at 07:17 PM UTC
Updated: October 16, 2026 at 08:04 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorProject Vnote

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Severity
HIGH7
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.2%
SSVC
PoC

Description

VNote is a note-taking platform. Prior to 4.3.0, SessionConfig::ExternalProgram::fetchCommand wraps a note path in double quotes and substitutes it into a command string that QProcess::start(const QString&) reparses into arguments through ProcessUtils::startDetached. The automatic path in src/controllers/viewareacontroller.cpp and the Open With path in src/controllers/notebooknodecontroller.cpp both reach this sink. On Linux and macOS, an attacker-controlled double quote in a POSIX note filename can terminate the quoted path and add arguments to the victim's configured external program. If the configured program supports an argument that executes commands, such as the vim or gvim -c option, the injected arguments can execute arbitrary commands as the user. This issue is fixed in version 4.3.0.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Remediation

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CVSS

7HIGHGitHub_M
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
HIGH
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusDEFERRED
CWE
CWE-78CWE-88

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