CVE-2024-56803CWE-94

Ghostty improperly handles window title sequences which can lead to arbitrary command execution

Medium · published December 31, 2024

CVSS v4.0
5.1
EPSS
1%
Percentile
44.7
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

Ghostty is a cross-platform terminal emulator. Ghostty, as allowed by default in 1.0.0, allows attackers to modify the window title via a certain character escape sequence and then insert it back to the command line in the user's terminal, e.g. when the user views a file containing the malicious sequence, which could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary commands. This attack requires an attacker to send malicious escape sequences followed by convincing the user to physically press the "enter" key. Fixed in Ghostty v1.0.1.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v4.0
5.1 · MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
EPSS
0.00542 · 44.7th percentile
Weakness
CWE-94 · Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')
Published
2024-12-31T22:48Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 31 DEC 22:48Z
    Ghostty improperly handles window title sequences which can lead to arbitrary command execution
    cvelistv5