CVE-2026-112263
HighCVSS 7.8Exploitation Probability (EPSS)
Elevated risk51th percentile - higher than 51% of all known CVEs
Summary
Television (tv) 0.15.0 through 0.15.9 contains an OS command injection vulnerability allowing attackers to run shell commands through improperly escaped single quotes in format_command. A file with a crafted name containing an apostrophe can cause an action like the default edit action to execute commands with victim privileges.
Risk Assessment
An attacker could execute arbitrary commands with the privileges of the user running tv, potentially leading to system compromise. Users browsing untrusted files are at risk.
Recommendation
Update Television to a version containing the fix or avoid opening untrusted files. Also verify single quote escaping in format_command.
Other vulnerabilities in Television
Original NVD description (English source)
Television (tv) 0.15.0 through 0.15.9 contains an OS command injection vulnerability that allows attackers to run shell commands through improperly escaped single quotes in format_command. Attackers can plant a file with a crafted name containing an apostrophe so that triggering an action like the default edit action executes commands with victim privileges.
Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS

