# CVE-2026-55061: uniget: EDITOR Command Injection in uniget CLI

- Also known as: GO-2026-6248, GHSA-QMCQ-XW74-W667
- Severity: CVSS 1.0 (Low), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:P/PR:L/UI:A/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 0.27.6
- Published: 2026-09-17 · Updated: 2026-09-18

## Affected

- uniget-org cli: fixed in 0.27.6
- gitlab.com/uniget-org/cli (Go): fixed in 0.27.6

## Description

uniget is a universal installer and updater for (container) tools. Prior to 0.27.6, the hooks edit command in cmd/uniget/hooks.go parses UNIGET_EDITOR or EDITOR with strings.Split(editor, " ") and passes every space-delimited suffix as an argument to the selected editor executable. An attacker who can influence the editor environment and cause hook editing can supply unexpected editor arguments, potentially causing unintended actions with the privileges of the uniget process account. Go os/exec does not evaluate shell operators in these arguments, so the advisory's wrapper demonstration establishes argument delivery but does not establish shell command interpretation. This issue is fixed in version 0.27.6.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on uniget-org cli, gitlab.com/uniget-org/cli, upgrade to a fixed version (0.27.6) per the references below.
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## Related

- Browse: [Go packages](https://cve.now/ecosystem/go.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://github.com/uniget-org/cli/security/advisories/GHSA-qmcq-xw74-w667
- https://github.com/uniget-org/cli/commit/7b4f18a9f00f0955f830c7ccf266ed0de5f9fd91
- https://github.com/uniget-org/cli/releases/tag/v0.27.6

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