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CVE-2023-46300

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2023-46300 is a critical vulnerability in iTerm2 versions prior to 3.4.20, allowing for remote code execution due to improper handling of specific escape sequences related to tmux integration. With a CVSS score of 9.8, it presents a severe risk, enabling unauthenticated attackers to achieve full compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability with low attack complexity. While no active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion has been observed, the high FAUCET Risk Score of 77/100 indicates its potential severity.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 3.4.20CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:iterm2:iterm2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

9.8CRITICAL

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.18%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
64.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0118 is in the 50th percentile among its peer group of 36,862 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

References

blog.solidsnail.com / posts/2023-08-28-iterm2-rce
ExploitThird Party Advisory
github.com / gnachman/iTerm2/commit/ae8192522661c34d1cbe57f6f9ef2ff0a337c2a5
Patch
github.com / gnachman/iTerm2/commit/b2268b03b5f3d4cd8ca275eaef5d16d0fac20009
Patch
iterm2.com / news.html
Release Notes