CVE-2026-59172
Published:October 28, 2026
Updated:November 04, 2026
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.
Affected Packages
https://github.com/candid82/joker.git (GITHUB):
Affected version(s) >=v0.10.0 <v1.8.2Fix Suggestion:
Update to version v1.8.2github.com/candid82/joker (GO):
Affected version(s) >=code-before-data <v1.8.2Fix Suggestion:
Update to version v1.8.2github.com/candid82/joker (GO):
Affected version(s) >=v0.10.0 <v1.8.2Fix Suggestion:
Update to version v1.8.2Related Resources (6)
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Contact UsCVSS v4
Base Score:
8.5
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Attack Requirements
NONE
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
PASSIVE
Vulnerable System Confidentiality
HIGH
Vulnerable System Integrity
HIGH
Vulnerable System Availability
HIGH
Subsequent System Confidentiality
NONE
Subsequent System Integrity
NONE
Subsequent System Availability
NONE
CVSS v3
Base Score:
7.8
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Weakness Type (CWE)
Inclusion of Functionality from Untrusted Control Sphere
EPSS
Base Score:
0.16