CVE-2024-38396 is a critical vulnerability affecting iTerm2 versions 3.5.x prior to 3.5.2. It allows for arbitrary code injection into the terminal due to unfiltered escape sequence use for window titles combined with the default tmux integration. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 9.8 (Critical), indicating a network-based attack with low complexity, requiring no user interaction, and leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no evidence of active exploitation or public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion and media coverage, suggesting a high level of awareness.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 3.5.0, < 3.5.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:iterm2:iterm2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.