CVE-2026-86540

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Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-86540
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-86540.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2026-86540
Aliases
  • GHSA-mc52-mwq4-vfx3
Published
2026-09-07T23:03:18Z
Modified
2026-09-12T03:30:37Z
Severity
  • 8.5 (High) CVSS_V4 - CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N CVSS Calculator
Summary
knowns before 0.30.0 Arbitrary Code Execution via LSP Binary
Details

knowns versions before 0.30.0 fail to validate the settings.lsp.languages binary field in project configuration files, allowing attackers to execute arbitrary binaries by crafting a malicious .knowns/config.json file. When a repository with a crafted configuration is opened, the unvalidated binary path is executed twice under the user's account without any verification.

Database specific 
{
    "cna_assigner": "VulnCheck",
    "cwe_ids": [
        "CWE-78"
    ],
    "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/86xxx/CVE-2026-86540.json"
}
References

Affected packages

Git / github.com/knowns-dev/knowns

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://github.com/knowns-dev/knowns
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affected
Fixed
cead30b2c3a34f66c0c40cb692ed51e588e63bd7
Fixed
d3989829fb5095666d23d005b2f78a082832a396
Database specific
Show details 
{
    "extracted_events": [
        {
            "introduced": "0"
        },
        {
            "fixed": "0.30.0"
        }
    ],
    "source": [
        "DESCRIPTION",
        "REFERENCES"
    ]
}

Affected versions

v0.*
v0.1.1
v0.1.2
v0.1.3
v0.1.4
v0.1.5
v0.1.6
v0.1.7
v0.1.8
v0.10.0
v0.10.1
v0.10.2
v0.10.3
v0.10.4
v0.10.5
v0.10.6
v0.11.0
v0.11.1
v0.11.2
v0.11.3
v0.11.4
v0.12.0
v0.12.1
v0.12.2
v0.12.3
v0.12.4
v0.15.0
v0.15.1
v0.15.2
v0.15.3
v0.16.0
v0.16.1
v0.16.2
v0.16.3
v0.17.0
v0.17.1
v0.18.0
v0.18.1
v0.18.2
v0.18.3
v0.18.4
v0.19.0
v0.19.1
v0.19.2
v0.2.0
v0.2.1
v0.20.0
v0.20.1
v0.20.2
v0.20.3
v0.20.4
v0.20.5
v0.21.0
v0.22.0
v0.22.1
v0.22.2
v0.23.0
v0.24.0
v0.24.1
v0.25.0
v0.26.0
v0.27.0
v0.27.1
v0.28.0
v0.29.0
v0.29.1
v0.3.0
v0.3.1
v0.4.0
v0.5.0
v0.6.0
v0.7.0
v0.8.0
v0.8.1
v0.8.2
v0.8.3
v0.8.4
v0.8.5
v0.8.6
v0.8.7
v0.8.8
v0.8.9
v0.9.0

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-86540.json"