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CVE-2026-59172GHSA-m835-3cm9-rgggGO-2026-6450

Joker linter executed project-local .jokerd/linter.* files during linting

candid82 jokerGoLibraries & packages
CVSS
7.8High
ExploitationNo known exploitationNot in CISA KEV, which does not prove it is unexploitedCISA KEV
Exploit odds (EPSS)No scoreNo FIRST EPSS score in this snapshot yet
Fixed in1.8.2Fixed versionOSV
Published28 Oct 2026Updated 28 Oct 2026CVE List

What fixes it

  • 1.8.2github.com/candid82/joker, GoOSVgo get github.com/candid82/joker@v1.8.2

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Reports 1

1 outlet mention it. Reports are not confirmation; each links to its source.

Description

Joker is a small Clojure interpreter, linter and formatter written in Go. Prior to 1.8.2, joker --lint <file> walks upward from the linted file to locate a .jokerd/ directory and executes matching linter.* files before linting. Those files contain executable Joker/Clojure code, so linting a file inside an untrusted repository can execute repository-supplied code with the linter user's privileges. Editor integrations and CI jobs that automatically lint checked-out source can trigger this behavior. The patch stops executing project-local linter customizations and loads executable customization only from the user's home directory. This issue is fixed in version 1.8.2.

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Affected versions 2

  • jokeraffected: < 1.8.2CVE List
  • github.com/candid82/joker, Gofrom first release, fixed in 1.8.2OSV

References 3