CVE-2026-21882

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Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-21882
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-21882.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2026-21882
Aliases
Published
2026-03-02T19:17:22Z
Modified
2026-10-21T02:56:21Z
Severity
  • 8.4 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
theshit's Improper Privilege Dropping Allows Local Privilege Escalation via Command Re-execution
Details

theshit is a command-line utility that automatically detects and fixes common mistakes in shell commands. Prior to version 0.2.0, improper privilege dropping allows local privilege escalation via command re-execution. This issue has been patched in version 0.2.0.

Database specific 
{
    "cna_assigner":  "GitHub_M",
    "cwe_ids":  [
        "CWE-250",
        "CWE-269",
        "CWE-273"
    ],
    "osv_generated_from":  "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/21xxx/CVE-2026-21882.json"
}
References

Affected packages

Git / github.com/asfhtgkdavid/theshit

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://github.com/asfhtgkdavid/theshit
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affected
Fixed
fe96d690302cf818b1798e45de9fc5ecdf57d40c
Fixed
5293957b119e55212dce2c6dcbaf1d7eb794602a
Database specific
Show details 
{
    "extracted_events":  [
        {
            "range":  [
                {
                    "introduced":  "0"
                },
                {
                    "fixed":  "0.2.0"
                }
            ],
            "source":  "AFFECTED_FIELD",
            "strategy":  "StringRangeExpression"
        },
        {
            "range":  [
                {
                    "fixed":  "5293957b119e55212dce2c6dcbaf1d7eb794602a"
                }
            ],
            "source":  "REFERENCES_COMMIT"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-21882.json"