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Fedora 44 Tig Major Editor Command Injection Fix for 2026-5cb64cc909

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Calendar Grey June 17, 2026
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Editor command injection vulnerability in tig for Fedora 44 fixes potential system compromise risk.
Fix editor command injection vulnerability (only affectsversion 2.6.0)

Summary

Tig is a repository browser for the git revision control system that

additionally can act as a pager for output from various git commands.

When browsing repositories, it uses the underlying git commands to present the

user with various views, such as summarized revision log and showing the commit

with the log message, diffstat, and the diff.

Using it as a pager, it will display input from stdin and colorize it.

Update Information:

Fix editor command injection vulnerability (only affectsversion 2.6.0). (#1432) https://github.com/jonas/tig/issues/1432

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Topics Covered

security advisory fedora important system compromise editor command injection tig

Change Log

* Mon Jun 15 2026 Steve Traylen - 2.6.1-1 - Update to v2.6.1 - Resolves: rhbz#2488692

References

Fedora Update Notification FEDORA-2026-5cb64cc909 2026-06-17 08:41:51.002549+00:00 Name : tig Product : Fedora 44 Version : 2.6.1 Release : 1.fc44 URL : https://jonas.github.io/tig/ Summary : Text-mode interface for the git revision control system Description : Tig is a repository browser for the git revision control system that additionally can act as a pager for output from various git commands. When browsing repositories, it uses the underlying git commands to present the user with various views, such as summarized revision log and showing the commit with the log message, diffstat, and the diff. Using it as a pager, it will display input from stdin and colorize it.

Update Instructions

This update can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use su -c 'dnf upgrade --advisory FEDORA-2026-5cb64cc909' at the command line. For more information, refer to the dnf documentation available at http://dnf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/command_ref.html#upgrade-command-label

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Name: tig
Product: Fedora 44
Version: 2.6.1
Release: 1.fc44
URL: https://jonas.github.io/tig/
Summary: Text-mode interface for the git revision control system

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Topics Covered

security advisory fedora important system compromise editor command injection tig

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