# CVE-2026-82584: Terminal escape sequence injection in the mix igniter.install confirmation prompt via package metadata

- Severity: CVSS 2.3 (Low), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 0.8.4
- Published: 2026-09-07 · Updated: 2026-09-08

## Affected

- igniter: from 0.8.1, fixed in 0.8.4
- ash-project/igniter: version range not reported

## Description

Improper Neutralization of Escape, Meta, or Control Sequences vulnerability in ash-project igniter allows a malicious package publisher to forge the mix igniter.install confirmation prompt. mix igniter.install prints a confirmation panel (an anti-typosquatting safeguard) listing a package's hex metadata before adding it. The panel builder in Igniter.Project.Deps wrote publisher-controlled fields (meta.description, owner usernames, requirement names, version) to the terminal with only newlines stripped. A malicious or typosquatted package can embed ANSI terminal escape sequences (cursor movement, line erase, carriage returns) in its metadata to overwrite the panel, forging trusted author names and download counts while concealing the real ones, so a developer relying on the panel to vet the package is deceived into approving a malicious dependency. This issue affects igniter: from 0.8.1 before 0.8.4.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on igniter, ash-project/igniter, upgrade to a fixed version (0.8.4) per the references below.
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## References

- https://github.com/ash-project/igniter/security/advisories/GHSA-cj7w-j579-gc42
- https://cna.erlef.org/cves/CVE-2026-82584.html
- https://osv.dev/vulnerability/EEF-CVE-2026-82584
- https://github.com/ash-project/igniter/commit/d492b1aa33f8fb0dacc0afa41b703fb922d42816

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