Description
crawl before 4.0.0 does not securely call programs when saving and loading games, which allows local users to gain privileges.
Fixed in Linux distributions
Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.
Debian
Security tracker ↗Advisories 1
- DSA-949-1 crawl - insecure program execution Debian Security (DSA / DLA) · Mar 9, 2026
References
- 22690 vdb-entry
- 18545 third-party-advisory
- DSA-949 vendor-advisory
- 16337 vdb-entry
- ADV-2006-0303 vdb-entry
- 18573 third-party-advisory
- crawl-insecure-command-execution(24262) vdb-entry