CVE-2020-5253

LOW

NetHack <3.6.0 - Code Injection

Title source: llm

Description

NetHack before version 3.6.0 allowed malicious use of escaping of characters in the configuration file (usually .nethackrc) which could be exploited. This bug is patched in NetHack 3.6.0.

Scores

CVSS v3 3.9
EPSS 0.0010
EPSS Percentile 27.7%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Classification

CWE
CWE-184 CWE-269
Status published

Affected Products (1)

nethack/nethack < 3.6.0

Timeline

Published Mar 10, 2020
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026