---
title: "CVE-2026-112263: Television tv - Command Injection"
description: "Television tv 0.15.0 through 0.15.9 contains a command injection caused by improperly escaped single quotes in format_command, letting attackers execute shell commands with victim privileges by triggering actions on crafted filenames."
url: https://panop.io/threat-heartbeat/CVE-2026-112263/
---

# CVE-2026-112263 Television tv - Command Injection

Television tv 0.15.0 through 0.15.9 contains a command injection caused by improperly escaped single quotes in format\_command, letting attackers execute shell commands with victim privileges by triggering actions on crafted filenames.

CVSS base score 7.8 /10

High

CISA KEV

Not listed

Public exploit

None known

Authentication

Not required

[View the NVD record ↗](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-112263)

## Details

Type

Command Injection

Impact

Remote Code Execution

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Published

19 October 2026

Updated

20 October 2026

Weakness

[CWE-78](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/78.html)

## Vendor fix

Update to a version later than 0.15.9.

Patching closes this CVE. It does not tell you which of your systems run the affected version, or what else is exposed alongside them.

## References

- [https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-112263](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-112263)
- [https://github.com/alexpasmantier/television/issues/1166](https://github.com/alexpasmantier/television/issues/1166)
- [https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/television-0.15.0-through-0.15.9-os-command-injection-via-external-action-formatting](https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/television-0.15.0-through-0.15.9-os-command-injection-via-external-action-formatting)
- [https://github.com/alexpasmantier/television/blob/0.15.9/cable/unix/files.toml](https://github.com/alexpasmantier/television/blob/0.15.9/cable/unix/files.toml)
- [https://github.com/alexpasmantier/television/blob/0.15.9/television/utils/command.rs](https://github.com/alexpasmantier/television/blob/0.15.9/television/utils/command.rs)
- [https://github.com/alexpasmantier/television/commit/32695ccc6cd2b05cf7f1d3b80c24e324d5343eec](https://github.com/alexpasmantier/television/commit/32695ccc6cd2b05cf7f1d3b80c24e324d5343eec)
- [https://github.com/alexpasmantier/television/commit/d7d46abb791181a3b5b6eed05e72aafcaa0ef269](https://github.com/alexpasmantier/television/commit/d7d46abb791181a3b5b6eed05e72aafcaa0ef269)

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- Whether you run the affected software, and where
- Whether an attacker can actually reach and exploit it
- The misconfigurations that never get a CVE number
- What it would cost the business, ranked into what to fix first

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