{"action":"Upgrade nethack to 3.6.0-1 or later.","affected":[{"fixed":"3.6.0-1","introduced":"0"}],"component":"nethack","cve_ids":[],"ecosystem":"Debian","ecosystem_qualifier":"Debian:12","exploited":false,"fixed_versions":["3.6.0-1"],"id":"tcs_01M5NF4G7MGG3J46PHP7H8WJ80","modified_at":"2026-10-26T12:02:05.511807785Z","published_at":"2020-03-10T17:15:12.973Z","references":["https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2020-5253","https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2020-5253"],"severity":{"label":"critical","score":9.8},"sources":[{"source":"osv","source_id":"DEBIAN-CVE-2020-5253","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2020-5253"}],"summary":"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."}