Eugeny tabby up to 1.0.232 Control Character control sequence

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Eugeny tabby up to 1.0.232. It has been rated as critical. The impacted element is an unknown function of the component Control Character Handler. The manipulation leads to control sequence. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2026-45038. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Eugeny tabby up to 1.0.232 and classified as critical. This issue affects an unknown function of the component Control Character Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a control sequence vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-150. The product receives input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could be interpreted as escape, meta, or control character sequences when they are sent to a downstream component. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Tabby (formerly Terminus) is a highly configurable terminal emulator. Prior to 1.0.233, since Tabby does not escape control characters from file paths when dragging and dropping a file into it, code execution can be achieved. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.0.233.

The advisory is shared at github.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2026-45038 since 05/08/2026. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

Upgrading to version 1.0.233 eliminates this vulnerability.

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Control sequence
CWE: CWE-150 / CWE-20
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: tabby 1.0.233

Timelineinfo

05/08/2026 CVE reserved
05/16/2026 +8 days Advisory disclosed
05/16/2026 +0 days VulDB entry created
05/21/2026 +5 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Product: github.com

Advisory: GHSA-m937-jm93-pfp6
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2026-45038 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2026-45038
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-364217

Entryinfo

Created: 05/16/2026 06:19
Updated: 05/21/2026 10:11
Changes: 05/16/2026 06:19 (67), 05/21/2026 10:11 (11)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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