spaceship-prompt through 4.22.5 fails to sanitize control characters from project manifest version fields before rendering them in the zsh prompt. Attackers can embed ANSI/OSC escape sequences in version fields of package manifests to manipulate terminal output, rewrite window titles, or spoof displayed text when victims enter the directory.

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Attack Requirements None

User Interaction Passive

Vulnerable System Confidentiality Impact None

Vulnerable System Integrity Impact Low

Vulnerable System Availability Impact None

Subsequent System Confidentiality Impact None

Subsequent System Integrity Impact None

Subsequent System Availability Impact None

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00119.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

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

Vendor Product Default status Versions
spaceship-prompt spaceship-prompt unaffected
Version Status Constraints
0 affected ≤ 4.22.5

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Solution

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Workaround

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References
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https://github.com/spaceship-prompt/spaceship-prompt cve-icon cve-icon
https://github.com/spaceship-prompt/spaceship-prompt/blob/fd0d6653a134fe28f498eae1784fbb46d27f20f3/lib/section.zsh#L100-L102 cve-icon cve-icon
https://github.com/spaceship-prompt/spaceship-prompt/blob/fd0d6653a134fe28f498eae1784fbb46d27f20f3/sections/package.zsh#L41 cve-icon cve-icon
https://github.com/spaceship-prompt/spaceship-prompt/issues/1567 cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/spaceship-prompt-through-4.22.5-terminal-escape-sequence-injection cve-icon cve-icon
History

Wed, 30 Sep 2026 17:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Mon, 28 Sep 2026 16:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Spaceship-prompt
Spaceship-prompt spaceship-prompt
Vendors & Products Spaceship-prompt
Spaceship-prompt spaceship-prompt

Sun, 27 Sep 2026 13:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description spaceship-prompt through 4.22.5 fails to sanitize control characters from project manifest version fields before rendering them in the zsh prompt. Attackers can embed ANSI/OSC escape sequences in version fields of package manifests to manipulate terminal output, rewrite window titles, or spoof displayed text when victims enter the directory.
Title spaceship-prompt through 4.22.5 Terminal Escape Sequence Injection
Weaknesses CWE-150
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 3.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 4.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:L/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-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulnCheck

Published:

Updated: 2026-09-30T15:26:16.430Z

Reserved: 2026-09-27T00:20:54.407Z

Link: CVE-2026-100867

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-09-30T15:26:11.974Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2026-09-27T13:16:37.810

Modified: 2026-09-30T16:17:04.067

Link: CVE-2026-100867

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Updated: 2026-09-28T16:24:35Z

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