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Medium · 5.5 CVE-2026-42532 EUVD-2026-94320GHSA-2hgq-7837-489g

A path traversal vulnerability exists in the EmailSheet extract_parts functionality of VisiData (version(s): dev (commit 38b21f78)). A spec…

Published Oct 7, 2026 · Updated Oct 7, 2026 · Assigned by talos

Description

A path traversal vulnerability exists in the EmailSheet extract_parts functionality of VisiData (version(s): dev (commit 38b21f78)). A specially crafted .eml file can lead to arbitrary file write. An attacker can provide a malicious file to trigger this vulnerability.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
visidata visidata dev (commit 38b21f78) —

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.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 26.10 visidata No fix yet —
Ubuntu 26.04 LTS visidata No fix yet —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS visidata No fix yet —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS visidata No fix yet —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS visidata No fix yet —
Show 1 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS visidata No fix yet —

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