CVE-2026-66486Improper Output Encoding in GNU cpio
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GNU cpio is vulnerable to improper encoding or escaping of output in its archive member listing functionality. When listing archive members via cpio -it, member names are printed directly to output without quoting or escaping. An attacker can craft a cpio archive containing member names with embedded newline characters or ANSI escape sequences, causing forged listing entries or terminal control sequence injection when the listing is displayed. This issue has been fixed in commit 2ff9600c9ef32e88759843cdbde74c8db5ae9b30
- CVSS
- 4.6 MEDIUM (v4.0, CNA)CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-116
- Known exploited
- Not in CISA's KEV catalog
- EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
- Not loaded for this CVE
- Assigned by
- CERT-PL
- NVD analysis
- Deferred
- Record last updated
- Aug 10, 2026
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 9, 2026
Affected products
GNU cpio gnu:cpio (from the name) | through 2.15 | CNA record |
References
- https://cert.pl/en/posts/2026/08/CVE-2026-66484third-party-advisory
- https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/cpio.gitproduct
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