CVE-2026-6849
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedImproper neutralization of special elements used in an OS command ('OS command injection') vulnerability in TUBITAK BILGEM Software Technologies Research Institute Pardus OS My Computer allows OS Command Injection. This issue affects Pardus OS My Computer: from <=0.7.5 before 0.8.0.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · moderate confidenceThis is an OS command injection vulnerability in the My Computer component of Pardus OS. The vulnerability allows attackers to execute arbitrary operating system commands due to improper neutralization of special elements in user input, likely through unsanitized parameters being passed to shell execution functions.
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CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Verify My Computer component is installedCheck for the presence of the My Computer package using the Pardus package manager. On Pardus systems, you can use 'dpkg -l | grep mycomputer' or 'dpkg -l | grep pardus-mycomputer' to list installed packages.Affected if The package is installed on the system
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Determine installed version of My ComputerRun 'dpkg -l' or 'dpkg -s' against the My Computer package name found in the previous step to retrieve the installed version number.Affected if The installed version is lower than 0.8.0 (for example, 0.7.x or earlier)
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Confirm the component is accessible for inputExamine if the My Computer web interface or API endpoint is exposed and accepts user-supplied input through parameters that could be passed to shell execution functions.Affected if User input can be submitted to the My Computer component and the component processes this input through shell commands
You are affected if My Computer from Pardus OS is installed with a version lower than 0.8.0 and the component accepts user input that flows to shell execution functions.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
dbcve · scopedUpgrade to Pardus OS My Computer version 0.8.0 or later to obtain the security patch. If immediate patching is not feasible, implement network segmentation and restrict the application\'s execution privileges to limit the impact of potential exploitation.
0.8.0
- Check the current version of My Computer installed on the system
- Update the Pardus OS package repository using the system's package manager
- Upgrade the My Computer package to version 0.8.0 or later
- Verify the installed version is 0.8.0 or higher
Generated from the published advisory — verify against the referenced sources before acting.
- Consultation4.0 h
- Implementation8.0 h
- Testing6.0 h
- Review / QA3.0 h
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
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- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
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