November 14, 2026

CVE Watchtower

CVE-2026-126042vnotex VNote OS Command Injection

NVD

Vulnerability Summary

VNote 3.11.0 before 4.12.0 contains an OS command injection vulnerability in its Tasks feature: magic variables such as ${bufferName} and ${selectedText} are substituted into a shell command string without escaping. Attackers can share a notebook containing a note whose filename or text includes shell metacharacters such as $(...), backticks, ; or |, executing commands as the victim when they run a task referencing these variables.
Severity Level
HIGH(7.3)
Published Date
Nov 10, 2026
Last Modified
Nov 10, 2026
Exploitation Status
No confirmed exploitation yet
EPSS Score (30-Day)
0.68%Probability
Root Weakness (CWE)
CWE-78: OS Command Injection ↗
The software constructs all or part of an OS command using externally-influenced input, but does not properly neutralize special elements.
CVSS v4.0 Base Metrics — Score 7.3 (HIGH)
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Attack VectorLocal
Attack ComplexityHigh
Attack RequirementsPresent
Privileges RequiredNone
User InteractionPassive
Confidentiality (Vulnerable System)High
Integrity (Vulnerable System)High
Availability (Vulnerable System)High
Confidentiality (Subsequent System)None
Integrity (Subsequent System)None
Availability (Subsequent System)None
Show CVSS v3.x metrics (score 7.0)
CVSS v3.1 Base Metrics — Score 7.0 (HIGH)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack VectorLocal
Attack ComplexityHigh
Privileges RequiredNone
User InteractionRequired
ScopeUnchanged
ConfidentialityHigh
IntegrityHigh
AvailabilityHigh

Affected & Patched Versions

Affected Versions
  • vnotex VNote >= 3.11.0 and < 4.12.0
Patched Versions
  • vnotex VNote 4.12.0

What to do

Plan remediation soon. No exploitation is confirmed yet, but the severity is high.

  1. Check whether you run vnotex VNote and which version.
  2. Update to a patched version listed above, then confirm the new version.

Timeline

  • Nov 10, 2026Published
  • Nov 10, 2026Record last modified

Score, severity and exploitation changes are tracked from the day Watchtower started logging them.

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Data last checked: Nov 14, 2026 03:11 UTC