{"id":"CVE-2026-103431","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2026-103431","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T02:25:07.724Z","title":"colmux in collectl before 4.3.20.2 does not sanitize ANSI/VT100 terminal escape sequences in data received from remote collectl instances before displaying it, allowing a local user on a monitored host to inject escape sequences into the terminal of an…","description":"colmux in collectl before 4.3.20.2 does not sanitize ANSI/VT100 terminal escape sequences in data received from remote collectl instances before displaying it, allowing a local user on a monitored host to inject escape sequences into the terminal of an operator running colmux, via a crafted process name (argv[0]).","published":"2026-10-01T09:17:08.000Z","lastModified":"2026-10-01T16:17:36.000Z","status":"Deferred","sourceIdentifier":"patrick@puiterwijk.org","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":7.7,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N"},"cwe":["CWE-150"],"affected":[],"epss":{"score":0.00182,"percentile":0.07669,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[{"date":"2026-10-02","score":0.00181,"percentile":0.06979}]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.18%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[{"kind":"new","label":"New CVE","at":"2026-10-01T09:17:08.000Z","detail":{"score":"7.7","severity":"HIGH","publishedAt":"2026-10-01T09:17:07.717Z"},"summary":"New CVE, high severity (CVSS 7.7)."}],"references":[{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-103431","source":"patrick@puiterwijk.org"},{"url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2543974","source":"patrick@puiterwijk.org"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-103431","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}