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Pardus Update EUVDEUVD-2026-47933

| CVE-2026-16287 HIGH
OS Command Injection (CWE-78)
2026-07-23 TR-CERT GHSA-48px-72pc-9gfw
7.8
CVSS 3.1 · Vendor: TR-CERT
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Attack ChainAIDerived

Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain

  1. Access
    Obtain low-privileged local account
  2. Delivery
    Supply crafted input with shell metacharacters to pardus-update
  3. Exploit
    Injection breaks out of intended OS command
  4. Execution
    Malicious command executes with update process privileges
  5. Impact
    Escalate to root / full host compromise

Vulnerability Assessment

Weakness
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A05:2025 - Injection
ASVS 5.0
V1 - Encoding and Sanitization OS command sanitization, avoid shell exec
MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques across 1 tactic: Execution

The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up.

Exploitation Conditions

Exploitation requires local access with a low-privileged authenticated account (CVSS PR:L, AV:L), with no user interaction from a victim (UI:N). The attacker must be able to reach and supply input to the pardus-update component on an affected version (0.6.6 through 0.7.0-exclusive) running on a Pardus system. Limiting factors: the attacker needs an existing local foothold - there is no network-facing vector - and the target must run a vulnerable pardus-update version; systems on 0.7.0+ or without pardus-update installed are not exploitable. The exact injectable feature/parameter is not specified in the description and should be confirmed via the TR-CERT advisory.

Impact

The CVSS 3.1 vector (AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H, base 7.8) describes a locally exploitable flaw requiring low privileges but no user interaction, with high impact across confidentiality, integrity, and availability - consistent with a low-privileged local user escalating to full host control through a privileged update process. Real-world risk is tempered by the local attack vector: an attacker must already have a foothold on the system, so this is an escalation/post-exploitation primitive rather than a remotely wormable issue. No EPSS score, KEV listing, POC, or SSVC decision data was supplied; there is no public exploit identified at time of analysis and no evidence of active exploitation. Priority should be judged as moderate-to-high specifically for organizations running Pardus on multi-user or shared systems, and lower where hosts are single-administrator. Note the description says only 'OS Command Injection' without naming the exact injectable feature - the precise attack surface is not confirmed from available data and should be verified against the TR-CERT advisory.

Exploit ScenarioDerived

A low-privileged local user on a Pardus workstation supplies a maliciously crafted input (e.g., a package name, URL, or parameter containing shell metacharacters) to pardus-update, which passes it unsanitized into an OS command executed by the privileged update process. The injected command runs with the elevated privileges of that process, giving the attacker code execution and effective privilege escalation to root. No public proof-of-concept has been identified, and exploitation requires the attacker to already have a local account.

This Week Schedule remediation this week. Why: HIGH severity (CVSS 7.0-8.9).
Patch available 0.8% exploitation probability (EPSS)

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AnalysisAIv1 – Jul 23, 2026

Local privilege-relevant OS command injection in pardus-update (the update manager component of the Turkish national Debian-based distribution Pardus) affects versions 0.6.6 up to but not including 0.7.0, allowing an authenticated local user to inject and execute arbitrary operating system commands via improperly neutralized special characters. Because update tooling typically runs with elevated privileges, successful exploitation can yield full confidentiality, integrity, and availability compromise of the host. Reported by Turkey's national CSIRT (TR-CERT); there is no public exploit identified at time of analysis and it is not listed in CISA KEV.

RemediationAI

Upgrade pardus-update to version 0.7.0 or later, which is the fixed release (the affected range is 0.6.6 before 0.7.0); apply it through the Pardus repositories via the system package manager. Refer to the TR-CERT advisory at https://siberguvenlik.gov.tr/guvenlik-bildirimleri/detay/tr-26-0609 for vendor guidance. Until the update is applied, restrict local access to trusted administrators only and, on multi-user systems, limit or revoke the ability of unprivileged accounts to invoke pardus-update or supply update parameters/inputs it consumes; the trade-off is that legitimate self-service updating by standard users will be blocked. Avoid running the vulnerable version with elevated privileges in shared environments where untrusted local users have shell access.

Affected VersionsENISA

pardus-update 0.6.6 <0.7.0

Affected Packages

euvd pardus_update fix: 0.7.0

Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)

Affects your stack

Affects 1 package in euvd

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Technical ContextAI · show details

The affected component, pardus-update, is the software update/package management front-end distributed with Pardus, a Debian-derived Linux distribution developed by TÜBİTAK BİLGEM (the informatics and information security research institute of Turkey's national research council). The root cause is CWE-78 (improper neutralization of special elements used in an OS command), meaning user- or context-controlled input is passed into a shell or command interpreter without adequate sanitization or argument separation. The single CPE (cpe:2.3:a:tubitak_bilgem_software_technologies_research_institute:pardus-update) confirms the flaw is in the application layer of this specific update utility rather than an underlying library. Update managers commonly shell out to package tooling (apt/dpkg) and often execute with root or elevated privileges, which is why an injection here maps to high impact across all three security properties.

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Severity by source

Vendor (TR-CERT) PRIMARY 7.8 HIGH
AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
vuln.today AI 7.8 HIGH

Local command injection needing a low-privileged account (AV:L, PR:L, AC:L) into a privileged update process yields full C/I/A compromise with no user interaction.

3.1 AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
4.0 AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Primary rating from Vendor (TR-CERT).

CVSS VectorVendor: TR-CERT

Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

Lifecycle Timeline

2
Patch available
Jul 23, 2026 - 11:32 EUVD
CVE Published
Jul 23, 2026 - 07:44 cve.org
HIGH 7.8

DescriptionCVE.org

Improper neutralization of special elements used in an OS command ('OS command injection') vulnerability in TUBITAK BILGEM Software Technologies Research Institute pardus-update allows OS Command Injection.

This issue affects pardus-update: from 0.6.6 before 0.7.0.

Executive ViewAI

Why It Matters

Pardus-update, the update manager component in the Turkish Pardus distribution, contains a local privilege escalation vulnerability (CVSS 7.8) in versions 0.6.6 through 0.6.x allowing authenticated local users to execute arbitrary commands with elevated privileges, resulting in complete host compromise. Organizations deploying Pardus systems face significant risk to confidentiality, integrity, and availability if local account access is provisioned. No vendor patch is currently available, requiring immediate compensating controls.

Business Impact: High
Compensating Controls

Restrict local user account provisioning to administrative personnel only; implement OS-level command and privilege escalation auditing with alerting; disable automatic update scheduling and require manual administrative review before executing updates; isolate affected systems from critical network segments; monitor all sudo/su invocations on Pardus systems for command injection indicators.

Threat Intelligence Overview

EPSS Score
0.8%
Top 46% exploitable
Prevalence
Low
Turkish national Linux distro, niche outside Turkey/government deployments
Data Quality
5 sources
Confidence: Medium

How this decision was reached

The engine reads each signal below and applies a fixed list of rules from top to bottom. The first rule that matches sets the recommended action – like a statement, every line is shown.

SignalValue
Severity HIGH
CISA KEV No
Public POC No
EPSS 0.8%
Patch available Yes
Active threat No
Deciding rule
HIGH severity (CVSS 7.0-8.9)
What every action level means
Emergency Immediate action required. Criteria: CRITICAL + in CISA KEV (actively exploited) without patch, OR CRITICAL + EPSS > 30% without patch, OR CRITICAL + active threat signals without patch.
Act Now Prioritize within 24-48h. Criteria: in KEV with patch available, OR CRITICAL + public POC, OR HIGH + EPSS > 10%, OR CRITICAL + active threat, OR any CRITICAL severity.
This Week Schedule remediation this week. Criteria: HIGH severity (CVSS 7.0-8.9). Patch within normal change window.
This Month Plan within 30 days. Criteria: MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9), lower exploitation probability. Include in regular patch cycle.
Monitor Track and reassess. Criteria: LOW severity (CVSS 0.1-3.9), minimal exploitation risk. No immediate action needed.

SSVC AssessmentENISA

SSVC Decision
Scheduled
Exploitation
None
System Exposure· derived
Small
Automatable
No
Human Impact
High
Technical Impact
Total

Priority Score

40
Low Medium High Critical
KEV: 0
EPSS: +1
CVSS: +39
PoC: 0
Weaponized: 0
Threat intel: 0
Gov advisory: 0

Attack Technique

OS command injection occurs when an application passes unsanitized user input directly into system shell commands.

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