Fluxbox through 1.3.7 contains an OS command injection vulnerability in RootTheme::reconfigTheme() that allows attackers to execute…
CVE-2026-123784
Fluxbox through 1.3.7 contains an OS command injection vulnerability in RootTheme::reconfigTheme() that allows attackers to execute commands via crafted style background values. Attackers can embed shell metacharacters in background pixmap paths, random directories, or gradient texture text, which are concatenated unescaped into an fbsetbg command run via $SHELL -c when the style loads.
Assessment
- CVSS
- 8.5 (v4.0)
- Severity
- High
- EPSS
- 0.71% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
- Known exploited
- Not listed in CISA KEV
- Exploit availability
- Nothing found in Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei or public PoC repositories
- Published
- 6 November 2026
- Last updated
- 11 November 2026
- Assigner
- VulnCheck
CVSS vectorCVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
At the source
References
- https://github.com/fluxbox/fluxbox/pull/89
- https://github.com/fluxbox/fluxbox
- https://github.com/fluxbox/fluxbox/commit/270bfbc28573037c9b8458488d193b219e33889f
- https://github.com/fluxbox/fluxbox/blob/Release-1_3_7/src/RootTheme.cc#L192-L264
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/fluxbox-through-1.3.7-os-command-injection-via-style-background-values
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