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htop — security advisory
htop 0.7 writes process names to a terminal without sanitizing non-printable characters, which might allow local users to hide processes, modify arbitrary files, or have unspecified other impact via a process name with "crazy control strings."
- Products
- htop
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 0.8.1-2
- CVEs
- CVE-2008-5076
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 22:43 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
htop 0.7 writes process names to a terminal without sanitizing non-printable characters, which might allow local users to hide processes, modify arbitrary files, or have unspecified other impact via a process name with "crazy control strings."
osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2008-5076
htop
Fixed versions: 0.8.1-2
htop
Fixed versions: 0.8.1-2
htop
Fixed versions: 0.8.1-2
Complete source record
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"url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2008-5076",
"method": "structured",
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"evidence": "osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2008-5076",
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],
"modified": "2026-10-23T17:47:28.966355772Z",
"provider": "osv",
"upstream": [
"CVE-2008-5076"
],
"references": [
"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-5076"
]
},
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"security_relevant": true,
"severity_evidence": null
},
"source_id": "core-osv",
"document_id": 417169,
"published_at": "2008-11-14T18:09:25.073+00:00"
}