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Vulnerability · CVE-2026-26982

Ghostty is a cross-platform terminal emulator.

Published Mar 10, 2026 · catalog updated Jun 17, 2026 · Ghostty is a cross-platform

Check if you run it

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2026-26982. EPSS is 0.51%. Act only if a listed version of Ghostty is a cross-platform is installed.

Gaps on this record

  • The stored product name is a package slug. The name on this page is taken from the title (Ghostty is a cross-platform).
  • No version range is stored. A customer cannot check an installed version against this record.
  • No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.
Severity
High8.8
Known exploitation
Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
0.51%
Remediation
Advisory link
Affected products
cpe ghostty/ghostty

Ghostty is a cross-platform terminal emulator. Ghostty allows control characters such as 0x03 (Ctrl+C) in pasted and dropped text. These can be used to execute arbitrary commands in some shell environments. This attack requires an attacker to convince the user to copy and paste or drag and drop malicious text. The attack requires user interaction to be triggered, but the dangerous characters are invisible in most GUI environments so it isn't trivially detected, especially if the string contents are complex. Fixed in Ghostty v1.3.0.

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  • cpe ghostty/ghosttyversion unspecified

How to fix CVE-2026-26982

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2026-26982. EPSS is 0.51%. Act only if a listed version of Ghostty is a cross-platform is installed.

Which versions are affected?

Affected version ranges are not on this record. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.

What should an analyst verify?

CWE-78: OS Command Injection. EPSS 0.51%. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Code

The project this record applies to. Exploit listings stay in References.

Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Mar 10, 2026 · NIST NVD

    Detected

    Ghostty is a cross-platform terminal emulator. Ghostty allows control characters such as 0x03 (Ctrl+C) in pasted and dropped text. These can be used to execute arbitrary commands in some shell environments. This attack requires an attacker to convince the user to copy and paste or drag and drop malicious text. The attack requires user interaction to be triggered, but the dangerous characters are i

  2. Jun 17, 2026 · NIST NVD

    Updated

    Ghostty is a cross-platform terminal emulator. Ghostty allows control characters such as 0x03 (Ctrl+C) in pasted and dropped text. These can be used to execute arbitrary commands in some shell environments. This attack requires an attacker to convince the user to copy and paste or drag and drop malicious text. The attack requires user interaction to be triggered, but the dangerous characters are i

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2026-26982

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2026-26982

    30-day exploitation probability 0.5%

    first.org
  • NIST NVDVulnerability recordCVE-2026-26982

    Ghostty is a cross-platform terminal emulator. Ghostty allows control characters such as 0x03 (Ctrl+C) in pasted and dropped text. These can be used to execute arbitrary commands in some shell environments. This attack requires an attacker to convince the user to copy and paste o

    nvd.nist.gov

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 18, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.