CVE-2026-7246

Publication date 30 April 2026

Last updated 13 May 2026

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

Description

Pallets Click, versions 8.3.2 and below, contain a command injection vulnerability in the click.edit() function, allowing attackers to pass arbitrary OS commands from an unprivileged account.

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Status

Show unmaintained releases

Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
python-click	26.04 LTS resolute	Not affected
	25.10 questing	Not affected
	24.04 LTS noble	Not affected
	22.04 LTS jammy	Not affected
	20.04 LTS focal	Not affected
	18.04 LTS bionic	Not affected
	16.04 LTS xenial	Not affected

Notes

mdeslaur

introduced in 8.2.0 by: https://github.com/pallets/click/commit/0d69b6ce8b25fe31ea580c608adb8e45df3805bb

Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. How can I get the fixes?

Package	Patch details
python-click	Upstream: b96c260

Severity score breakdown

CVSS version: CVSS v3.0

Base score 7.2 · High

Base metrics

Parameter	Value
Attack vector	Local
Attack complexity	High
Privileges required	High
User interaction	Required
Scope	Changed
Confidentiality impact	High
Integrity impact	High
Availability impact	High

Scores

Parameter	Value
Base score	7.2 · High
Exploitability score	-
Impact score	-

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H