# CVE-2026-46709: Tabby: Drag-and-drop path injection still allows RCE via shell command substitution (incomplete fix for CVE-2026-45038)

- Severity: CVSS 7.8 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 1.0.234
- Published: 2026-07-15 · Updated: 2026-07-16

## Affected

- Eugeny tabby: fixed in 1.0.234

## Description

Tabby (formerly Terminus) is a highly configurable terminal emulator. Prior to 1.0.234, Tabby inserts dropped file paths from tabby-electron/src/pathDrop.ts into the active shell without neutralizing command substitution metacharacters such as $(…) and `…`, so the incomplete CVE-2026-45038 fix for control characters still allows code execution when the victim presses Enter. This issue is fixed in version 1.0.234.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Eugeny tabby, upgrade to a fixed version (1.0.234) per the references below.
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## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://github.com/Eugeny/tabby/security/advisories/GHSA-mq9v-2pgm-fxgh
- https://github.com/Eugeny/tabby/commit/e151472b951bbd472ddc0545ec8656e4c0f352da
- https://github.com/Eugeny/tabby/releases/tag/v1.0.234

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