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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Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-m835-3cm9-rggg Joker linter executed project-local .jokerd/linter.* files during linting
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Wed, 28 Oct 2026 22:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Candid82
Candid82 joker
Vendors & Products Candid82
Candid82 joker

Wed, 28 Oct 2026 17:30:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


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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.
Title Joker linter executed project-local .jokerd/linter.* files during linting
Weaknesses CWE-829
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Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2026-10-28T16:07:17.268Z

Reserved: 2026-07-02T16:50:27.888Z

Link: CVE-2026-59172

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-10-28T14:58:49.435Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2026-10-28T14:17:04.447

Modified: 2026-10-28T16:17:08.400

Link: CVE-2026-59172

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-10-28T21:46:48Z

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