CVE-2026-73480

medium

Description

gdu fails to strip terminal escape sequences from directory and file names when printing paths after TUI exit. Attackers can craft malicious directory or file names containing escape sequences that are interpreted by the terminal, enabling title spoofing, clipboard manipulation, or other terminal-dependent effects.

References

https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/gdu-terminal-injection-via-unstripped-escape-sequences

https://github.com/dundee/gdu/issues/615

https://github.com/dundee/gdu/commit/fe605ecd9ad0e0f1c7ba84131ddfa1c83c52406f

https://github.com/dundee/gdu

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2026-08-13

Updated: 2026-08-14

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 3.6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

Severity: Low

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Severity: Medium

CVSS v4

Base Score: 4.8

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N

Severity: Medium

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00119