CVE-2024-56803
MEDIUM EPSS 40.5%
Published Dec 31, 20241y ago · Modified Jun 17, 20262w ago
5.1 CVSS 4.0
Published Dec 31, 2024 1y ago
Last Modified Jun 17, 2026 2w ago
Description
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.
CVSS Details
Base Score
Exploitability
Impact
Vector string
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/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required None
User Interaction A
Scope X
Threat Intelligence
EPSS Exploit Probability
40.5% percentile
Exploit & Patch Status
No Known Exploit
No Patch Available
Weaknesses 1
CWE-94 Improper Control of Generation of Code (Code Injection) Injection
References 2
- github.com https://github.com/ghostty-org/ghostty/pull/3908
- github.com https://github.com/ghostty-org/ghostty/security/advisories/GHSA-5hcq-3j4q-4v6p
Remediation
No remediation data recorded yet
Check vendor advisories and the NVD entry for patch availability.