# CVE-2024-38396: An issue was discovered in iTerm2 3.5.x before 3.5.2.

- Severity: CVSS 9.8 (Critical), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 1 GitHub repo listed by PoC-in-GitHub
- Published: 2024-06-16 · Updated: 2024-08-02

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

An issue was discovered in iTerm2 3.5.x before 3.5.2. Unfiltered use of an escape sequence to report a window title, in combination with the built-in tmux integration feature (enabled by default), allows an attacker to inject arbitrary code into the terminal, a different vulnerability than CVE-2024-38395.

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## Related

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## References

- https://iterm2.com/downloads.html
- https://vin01.github.io/piptagole/escape-sequences/iterm2/rce/2024/06/16/iterm2-rce-window-title-tmux-integration.html
- https://gitlab.com/gnachman/iterm2/-/commit/fc60236a914d63fb70a5c632e211203a4f1bd4dd
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/06/17/1
- https://github.com/vin01/poc-cve-2024-38396

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