CVE-2023-46301 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

iTerm2 before 3.4.20 allow (potentially remote) code execution because of mishandling of certain escape sequences related to upload.

Published: 2023-10-22

Score: 9.8 Critical

EPSS: 1.2% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:iterm2:iterm2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2023-50524	iTerm2 before 3.4.20 allow (potentially remote) code execution because of mishandling of certain escape sequences related to upload.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.0118.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://blog.solidsnail.com/posts/2023-08-28-iterm2-rce
https://github.com/gnachman/iTerm2/commit/85cbf5ebda472c9ec295887e99c2b6f1b5867f1b
https://github.com/gnachman/iTerm2/commit/b2268b03b5f3d4cd8ca275eaef5d16d0fac20009
https://iterm2.com/news.html

History

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Subscriptions

Iterm2 Iterm2

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2023-10-22T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-09-12T17:48:57.452Z

Reserved: 2023-10-22T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2023-46301

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T20:45:40.697Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-10-22T04:15:09.797

Modified: 2026-06-17T06:30:36.890

Link: CVE-2023-46301

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-116
Improper Encoding or Escaping of Output

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