powerlevel10k Control Character Injection via package.json Version

{
  "id": "5f7ab0947a979f6ba78b6def8e48387137abfbf2597cd6d08ea0e140113b1bbe",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2026-75483",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "powerlevel10k Control Character Injection via package.json Version",
    "summary": "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.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2026-75483",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "medium",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2026-75483",
      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2026-75483"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V4",
          "score": "CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/romkatv/powerlevel10k",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "58e13d16a50e1d6908e39e20a670896808ccf350"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
                  {
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "0"
                      },
                      {
                        "last_affected": "1.20.0"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "AFFECTED_FIELD",
                    "strategy": "StandardRange"
                  },
                  {
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "fixed": "58e13d16a50e1d6908e39e20a670896808ccf350"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "REFERENCES_COMMIT"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
            "v1.20.0",
            "v1.19.0",
            "v1.18.0",
            "v1.17.0",
            "v1.16.1",
            "v1.16.0",
            "v1.15.0",
            "v1.14.6",
            "v1.14.5",
            "v1.14.4",
            "v1.14.3",
            "v1.14.2",
            "v1.14.1",
            "v1.14.0",
            "v1.13.0",
            "v1.12.0",
            "v1.11.0",
            "v1.10.1",
            "v1.10.0",
            "v1.9.1",
            "v1.9.0",
            "v1.8.2",
            "v1.8.1",
            "v1.8.0",
            "v1.7.0",
            "v1.6.1",
            "v1.6.0",
            "v1.5.0",
            "v1.4.0",
            "v1.3.0",
            "v1.2.0",
            "v1.1",
            "v1.0"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-75483.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-28T02:30:29.889675701Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/75xxx/CVE-2026-75483.json",
        "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-75483",
        "https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/powerlevel10k-control-character-injection-via-package-json-version",
        "https://github.com/romkatv/powerlevel10k/issues/2961",
        "https://github.com/romkatv/powerlevel10k/commit/58e13d16a50e1d6908e39e20a670896808ccf350",
        "https://github.com/romkatv/powerlevel10k",
        "https://github.com/romkatv/powerlevel10k/blob/master/internal/p10k.zsh"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {
        "cwe_ids": [
          "CWE-150"
        ],
        "cna_assigner": "VulnCheck",
        "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/75xxx/CVE-2026-75483.json"
      }
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2026-75483",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 496829,
  "published_at": "2026-08-17T20:36:08.15+00:00"
}