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Collectl: collectl: colmux does not sanitize ansi/vt100 terminal escape sequences in data received from remote collectl instances

Type: advisorySource: Official CVE List1 source record

colmux in collectl before 4.3.20.2 does not sanitize ANSI/VT100 terminal escape sequences in data received from remote collectl instances before displaying it, allowing a local user on a monitored host to inject escape sequences into the terminal of an operator running colmux, via a crafted process name (argv[0]).

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CVE-2026-103431

Primary source · Revision 1

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Security context

Source reference: cve:CVE-2026-103431

Structured affected-version data

Original package identities and version rules from this source.

[
  {
    "versions": [
      {
        "status": "affected",
        "version": "0",
        "lessThan": "4.3.20.3",
        "versionType": "semver"
      }
    ],
    "packageName": "collectl",
    "collectionURL": "https://github.com/sharkcz/collectl",
    "defaultStatus": "unaffected"
  }
]
Related CVEs
CVE-2026-103431

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Publisher severity

high

Source reference: /containers/cna/metrics

Event
#5402 · Revision 1
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