CVE coverage

CVE-2026-86540

CVSS 7.8 no coverage

knowns versions before 0.30.0 fail to validate the settings.lsp.languages binary field in project configuration files, allowing attackers to execute arbitrary binaries by crafting a malicious .knowns/config.json file. When a repository with a crafted configuration is opened, the unvalidated binary path is executed twice under the user's account without any verification.

Detection rules

No detection found — yet

None of Sigma, Elastic, Splunk ESCU, YARA, Microsoft Sentinel, Snort, or Suricata currently has a rule referencing CVE-2026-86540.