Command Injection in Click - CVE-2026-7246
Published: July 14, 2026
Vulnerability identifier: #VU137405
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:N/PR:H/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2026-7246
CWE-ID: CWE-77
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: click.palletsprojects.com
Affected software:
Click
Click
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a local privileged user to execute arbitrary commands on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient input validation in the click.edit() function. A local privileged user can trick the victim into opening a specially crafted data to pass arbitrary OS commands from an unprivileged account.
How to mitigate CVE-2026-7246
Install updates from vendor's website.
Sources
- https://github.com/pallets/click/releases/tag/8.3.3
- https://github.com/tsigouris007/security-advisories/security/advisories/GHSA-47fr-3ffg-hgmw
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:24761
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:24762
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-7246
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2464121
- https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-7246.json