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Vulnerability record · CVE-2023-46321 · published 23 October 2023

CVE-2023-46321: Iterm2 vulnerability

Iterm2 · Iterm2

iTermSessionLauncher.m in iTerm2 before 3.5.0beta12 does not sanitize paths in x-man-page URLs. They may have shell metacharacters for a /usr/bin/man command line.

9.8 CVSS 3.1 Critical EPSS 0.66% · top 50.6% CWE-117 · CWE-117
9.8CVSS 3.1 base score
0.66%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
4References
17 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

iTermSessionLauncher.m in iTerm2 before 3.5.0beta12 does not sanitize paths in x-man-page URLs. They may have shell metacharacters for a /usr/bin/man command line.

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
https://gitlab.com/gnachman/iterm2/-/commit/de3d351e1bd3bc1c1a4f85fe976c592e497dd071 Third Party Advisory
https://iterm2.com/downloads.html Vendor Advisory
https://gitlab.com/gnachman/iterm2/-/commit/de3d351e1bd3bc1c1a4f85fe976c592e497dd071 Third Party Advisory
https://iterm2.com/downloads.html Vendor Advisory

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2023-46321), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-28). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.