CVE-2026-75483
Full vulnerability record from the local CVENow database.
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.
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS score
4.8
(v4.0)
Vulnerability status
Deferred
Source identifier
Published
2026-08-17 21:16:57.930000
Last modified
2026-10-23 16:10:00.313000
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"sourceIdentifier": "[email protected]",
"published": "2026-08-17T21:16:57.930",
"lastModified": "2026-10-23T16:10:00.313",
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}
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"source": "[email protected]",
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"versionType": "custom",
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"url": "https://github.com/romkatv/powerlevel10k",
"source": "[email protected]"
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"url": "https://github.com/romkatv/powerlevel10k/blob/master/internal/p10k.zsh",
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