# CVE-2020-26283: Control character injection in console output

- Also known as: GO-2022-0873, GHSA-R4GV-VJ59-CCCM
- Severity: CVSS 6.8 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 0.8.0
- Published: 2021-03-24 · Updated: 2024-08-04

## Affected

- ipfs go-ipfs: fixed in 0.8.0
- github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs (Go): fixed in 0.8.0

## Description

go-ipfs is an open-source golang implementation of IPFS which is a global, versioned, peer-to-peer filesystem. In go-ipfs before version 0.8.0, control characters are not escaped from console output. This can result in hiding input from the user which could result in the user taking an unknown, malicious action. This is fixed in version 0.8.0.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on ipfs go-ipfs, github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs, upgrade to a fixed version (0.8.0) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs/security/advisories/GHSA-r4gv-vj59-cccm
- https://github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs/pull/7831
- https://github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs/commit/fb0a9acd2d8288bd1028c3219a420de62a09683a

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