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CVE-2026-26982

6.3 · MEDIUM

Ghostty is a cross-platform terminal emulator.

Published Mar 10, 2026CWE-78EPSS 0.51%

Overview

CVE-2026-26982 is a medium-severity vulnerability. It was published on March 10, 2026 and has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 6.3 (MEDIUM).

This vulnerability has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 6.3, rated MEDIUM. It can be exploited remotely over the network. No authentication or special privileges are required for exploitation.

Technical description

Ghostty is a cross-platform terminal emulator. Ghostty allows control characters such as 0x03 (Ctrl+C) in pasted and dropped text. These can be used to execute arbitrary commands in some shell environments. This attack requires an attacker to convince the user to copy and paste or drag and drop malicious text. The attack requires user interaction to be triggered, but the dangerous characters are invisible in most GUI environments so it isn't trivially detected, especially if the string contents are complex. Fixed in Ghostty v1.3.0.

Remediation

Check the references section for vendor advisories, patches, and mitigation guidance. If immediate patching is not possible, review the CVSS vector to understand the attack surface and apply compensating controls such as network segmentation or access restrictions.

References

GitHubgithub.com/ghostty-org/ghostty/commit/fe7427ed2a1a02aef85495b384cfb8f11ee5efc9GitHubgithub.com/ghostty-org/ghostty/pull/10746GitHubgithub.com/ghostty-org/ghostty/security/advisories/GHSA-4jxv-xgrp-5m3r

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Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-26982?

CVE-2026-26982 is a medium-severity vulnerability. It was published on March 10, 2026 and has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 6.3 (MEDIUM).

How severe is CVE-2026-26982?

This vulnerability has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 6.3, rated MEDIUM. It can be exploited remotely over the network. No authentication or special privileges are required for exploitation.

How do I fix or remediate CVE-2026-26982?

Check the references section for vendor advisories, patches, and mitigation guidance. If immediate patching is not possible, review the CVSS vector to understand the attack surface and apply compensating controls such as network segmentation or access restrictions.

How can CyberStrike help with CVE-2026-26982?

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