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Vulnerability record · CVE-2024-38395 · published 16 June 2024

CVE-2024-38395: Iterm2 code injection vulnerability

Iterm2 · Iterm2

In iTerm2 before 3.5.2, the "Terminal may report window title" setting is not honored, and thus remote code execution might occur but "is not trivially exploitable."

9.8 CVSS 3.1 Critical EPSS 1.5% · top 27.0% CWE-94 · Code injection
9.8CVSS 3.1 base score
1.5%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
10References
17 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

In iTerm2 before 3.5.2, the "Terminal may report window title" setting is not honored, and thus remote code execution might occur but "is not trivially exploitable."

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
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/06/17/1 Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
https://gitlab.com/gnachman/iterm2/-/commit/f1e89f78dd72dcac3ba66d3d6f93db3f7f649219 Patch
https://gitlab.com/gnachman/iterm2/-/tags/v3.5.2 Release Notes
https://iterm2.com/downloads.html Product
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/06/15/1 Mailing List
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/06/17/1 Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
https://gitlab.com/gnachman/iterm2/-/commit/f1e89f78dd72dcac3ba66d3d6f93db3f7f649219 Patch
https://gitlab.com/gnachman/iterm2/-/tags/v3.5.2 Release Notes
https://iterm2.com/downloads.html Product
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/06/15/1 Mailing List

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2024-38395), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-27). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.