VulnerabilityReceived
CVE-2026-75483
Attackers can inject raw escape bytes in the version string to emit arbitrary terminal control sequences on each prompt render when the shell enters affected directories.
MEDIUM 4.8EPSS 0.12%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.12%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
powerlevel10k fails to neutralize control characters in the package.json version field when rendering the package prompt segment. Attackers can inject raw escape bytes in the version string to emit arbitrary terminal control sequences on each prompt render when the shell enters affected directories.
- CVSS 4.0
- 4.8 MEDIUMCVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/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/M
- EPSS
- 0.12% probability · 2th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-150
- Source
- disclosure@vulncheck.com
References
- https://github.com/romkatv/powerlevel10k
- https://github.com/romkatv/powerlevel10k/blob/master/internal/p10k.zsh
- https://github.com/romkatv/powerlevel10k/commit/58e13d16a50e1d6908e39e20a670896808ccf350
- https://github.com/romkatv/powerlevel10k/issues/2961
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/powerlevel10k-control-character-injection-via-package-json-version
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.