GO-2026-6450: Joker linter executed project-local .jokerd/linter.* files during linting

Published Oct 28, 2026
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Updated

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.

Remediation

Recommended actions to resolve this vulnerability, in priority order.

  1. Upgrade

    Upgrade joker to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 1.8.2

Event History

Oct 28, 2026
CVE Published
via OSV·01:07 PM
Data Sourced
via OSV·01:07 PM
DescriptionSeverityWeakness

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