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Description
Powerlevel10k before 1.20.19 contains an insecure temporary directory vulnerability in the bundled gitstatus/install script that reuses attacker-creatable directories when mktemp fails. Local attackers can pre-create the predictable gitstatus-install.tmp directory to replace the extracted gitstatusd binary, which then executes with the victim's privileges.
Exploits & detection
No public PoC or detection template found yet.
Timeline
- Published: 04 Nov 2026
- Last modified upstream: 04 Nov 2026
Sources & licenses
- CVE / CVSS / CWE
- NVD record ↗ (unmodified). This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. CVE® © The MITRE Corporation.
- Exploitation
- CISA KEV (CC0) · EPSS by FIRST.org
- References used for the analysis
- https://github.com/romkatv/gitstatus/commit/5433ecbb9a572d6c92be9feb33642395fccc782b
- https://github.com/romkatv/powerlevel10k
- https://github.com/romkatv/powerlevel10k/blob/v1.20.0/gitstatus/install#L255-L256
- https://github.com/romkatv/powerlevel10k/commit/98bd39fd335e3f9f560e48e5c1957cb2a6a212c4
- https://github.com/romkatv/powerlevel10k/issues/2972
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/powerlevel10k-before-1.20.19-insecure-temporary-directory-via-gitstatus-installer
- Analysis, summary and remediation
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