CVE-2026-126042
What it is
VNote 3.11.0 before 4.12.0 contains an OS command injection vulnerability in its Tasks feature: magic variables such as ${bufferName} and ${selectedText} are substituted into a shell command string without escaping. Attackers can share a notebook containing a note whose filename or text includes shell metacharacters such as $(...), backticks, ; or |, executing commands as the victim when they run a task referencing these variables.
At a glance
- Exploitability
- Can be exploited locally on the machine without logging in, but needs a user to act. High risk of data exposure, data tampering, service disruption.
- Exploit odds
- 0.7% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS).
- Fix
- A patch, advisory or fixed version is referenced. Upgrade or apply it.
Timeline
- ReservedThe CVE id was reserved by its CNA
- PublishedDisclosed publicly on CVE.org and NVD
- Last updatedMost recent change to the record
Why it ranks here
- Exploited in the wild: no, CISA does not list it.
- Exploit odds: 0.7% in the next 30 days (EPSS).
- Severity: 7.3 HIGH (CVSS).
- Fix: a patch or advisory is linked.
Details
- Published
- Last modified
- Exploit probability
- 0.7% · EPSS, next 30 days
- Weakness
- CWE-78 · OS command injection
- Record status
- Deferred
Attack profile CVSS 4.0 · 7.3
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- High
- Attack requirements
- Present
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- Passive
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Raw vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
Is it in your code?
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Fix and advisories
- https://github.com/vnotex/vnote/commit/0f5edd837d233a929d2a514a0e718d5d19c93918
- https://github.com/vnotex/vnote/releases/tag/v4.12.0
References
- https://github.com/vnotex/vnote/blob/551dfd86b73ce6d93e5403296b069219cb668dc2/src/core/services/shellexecution.cpp#L50-L56
- https://github.com/vnotex/vnote/blob/551dfd86b73ce6d93e5403296b069219cb668dc2/src/core/services/shellexecution.cpp#L8-L24
- https://github.com/vnotex/vnote/commit/0f5edd837d233a929d2a514a0e718d5d19c93918
- https://github.com/vnotex/vnote/releases/tag/v4.12.0
- https://r3vpwnx.space/research/vnote-tasks-cmdinjection/
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/vnote-3.11.0-before-4.12.0-os-command-injection-via-tasks-magic-variables