Security advisory
# Vulnerability in `title` function **Description**: the `title` function defined in `lib/termsupport.zsh` uses `print` to set the terminal title to a user-supplied string. In Oh My Zsh, this function is always used securely, but custom user code could use the `title` function in a way that is unsafe. **Fixed in**: [a263cdac](https://github.com/ohmyzsh/ohmyzsh/commit/a263cdac). **Impacted areas**: - `title` function in `lib/termsupport.zsh`. - Custom user code using the `title` function.
- Products
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- Affected versions
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- Fixed versions
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- CVEs
- CVE-2021-3726
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
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- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 11:19 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
# Vulnerability in `title` function **Description**: the `title` function defined in `lib/termsupport.zsh` uses `print` to set the terminal title to a user-supplied string. In Oh My Zsh, this function is always used securely, but custom user code could use the `title` function in a way that is unsafe. **Fixed in**: [a263cdac](https://github.com/ohmyzsh/ohmyzsh/commit/a263cdac). **Impacted areas**: - `title` function in `lib/termsupport.zsh`. - Custom user code using the `title` function.
osv:CVE-2021-3726
Complete source record
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