Potential local privileges escalation through argument injection in the nxchmod.sh script
Priority LOW 33CWE-88Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- Present
- Impact type
- Code execution
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-88.
Summary
Improper Neutralization of Argument Delimiters in a Command ('Argument Injection') vulnerability in Nomachine allows Argument Injection.This issue affects Nomachine: before 9.5.7, before 8.23.2.
Why it matters now
Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00134 2nd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed NoMachine (NoMachine): 9.5.7, 8.23.2
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Total
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
- Fix · CNA NoMachine (NoMachine) Fixed in 9.5.7, 8.23.2
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-53694
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-pph3-cx78-q9jc
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- TI-2023-20294 An arbitrary file overwrite vulnerability in NoMachine Free Edition and Enterprise Client… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.1
- TI-2026-84863 Heap overflow in NoMachine web service allows remote code execution CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2018-00619 Improper input validation in NoMachine App for Android CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2017-09455 An unspecified server utility in NoMachine before 5.3.10 on Mac OS X and Linux allows… CVSS 3.0HIGH 8.8
- TI-2026-15017 OS command injection in NoMachine CVSS 3.0HIGH 8.8
- TI-2026-78898 Heap overflow in NoMachine mDNS parsing enables remote code execution CVSS 3.0HIGH 8.8
Sources
- CVE-2026-53694 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-53694 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-pph3-cx78-q9jc · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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