CVE-2026-75483: Improper Neutralization of Escape, Meta, or Control Sequences in romkatv powerlevel10k
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.
CVE-2026-75483: Improper Neutralization of Escape, Meta, or Control Sequences in romkatv powerlevel10k
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.
CVSS v4.0
Score 4.8medium
Affected software
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Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- VulnCheck
- Date Reserved
- 2026-08-17T19:59:23.461Z
- Cvss Version
- 4.0
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Remediation Level
- null
Threat ID: 6a83721bbf8831d539891ce4
Added to database: 08/17/2026, 20:42:03 UTC
Last updated: 08/17/2026, 20:42:03 UTC
Views: 1
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