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GHSA-XM8C-HVJF-C5Q9

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-08-10 21:32 – Updated: 2026-08-10 21:32

Details

npm-check-updates through 23.0.2, fixed in commit b554b84, contains a terminal escape sequence injection vulnerability that allows an attacker to embed arbitrary terminal control characters in a dependency's package.json homepage or repository URL fields. When a developer runs ncu with the --format homepage or --format repo option, unfiltered escape sequences are written directly to the terminal, enabling malicious output manipulation or other terminal-dependent effects.

Severity

4.3 (Medium)


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

5.3 (Medium)


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

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CVE-2026-73035 (GCVE-0-2026-73035)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-08-10 20:19 – Updated: 2026-08-11 14:34 X_Open Source

Title

npm-check-updates 23.0.2 Terminal Injection via Unsanitized Escape Sequences

Summary

Severity

5.3 (Medium)


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

4.3 (Medium)


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

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2026-08-11 14:34 UTC

CWE

CWE-150 - Improper Neutralization of Escape, Meta, or Control Sequences

Assigner

VulnCheck CNA under the mitre root

CNA scorecard B 84/100 over 6373 records in the last 180 days details

References

4 references

URL	Tags
https://github.com/raineorshine/npm-check-updates…	technical-description
https://github.com/raineorshine/npm-check-updates…	issue-tracking
https://github.com/raineorshine/npm-check-updates…	patch
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/npm-check-up…	third-party-advisory

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
raineorshine	npm-check-updates	Affected: 0 , ≤ 23.0.2 (semver) Unaffected: b554b84848fc0b08a9d2b3d3db15e351387168cf (git)

Date Public

2026-08-07 00:00

Credits

George Chen

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