CVE-2026-119298
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Summary: croc: Overwrite-confirmation bypass via a crafted "croc-stdin-" filename on receive
Details: croc is a tool that allows any two computers to simply and securely transfer files and folders. Prior to 11.5.2, the receive-side file-readiness loop in src/croc/croc.go treats any sender-controlled basename beginning with croc-stdin- as a trusted text-transfer artifact even when SendingText is false. This skips askReceiveOverwrite and rename handling for a predictable exact-name collision in the receiver's working directory, allowing a remote sender whose transfer the user accepts to overwrite or truncate a matching regular file through recipientInitializeFile, or to remove and replace a matching destination with an empty file or an in-directory symlink through createEmptyFileAndFinish, without confirmation. The impact is limited to pre-existing names in the croc-stdin- namespace that the sender can predict; other filenames retain the prompt, dotfiles outside that namespace are not reachable, and symlink targets remain confined to the receive directory. This issue is fixed in version 11.5.2.
References: https://github.com/schollz/croc/releases/tag/v11.5.2, https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/119xxx/CVE-2026-119298.json, https://github.com/schollz/croc/security/advisories/GHSA-x89h-7h96-v88f, https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-119298, https://github.com/schollz/croc/commit/25fe49b6f14db99f517e902cfef76299ad0a95a3, https://github.com/schollz/croc/pull/1327
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