CVE-2026-55601 MultiTail - Command Injection

MultiTail <= 7.1.5 contains a command injection caused by insufficient escaping of shell metacharacters in the execute-on-match feature, letting attackers executing commands as the user running MultiTail, exploit requires attacker to control monitored input.

CVSS base score 7.3 /10
High
CISA KEV
Not listed
Public exploit
None known
Authentication
Required
EPSS
0.21% chance of exploitation in 30 days
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Details

Type
Command Injection
Impact
Remote Code Execution
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Published
13 October 2026
Updated
15 October 2026
Weakness
CWE-78

Vendor fix

Update to a fixed version once available or apply patches to properly escape shell metacharacters.

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

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