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Medium · 6.9 CVE-2026-25996 EUVD-2026-6695GHSA-34r5-6j7w-235fGO-2026-5068

Inspektor Gadget uses unsanitized ANSI Escape Sequences In `columns` Output Mode

Published Feb 12, 2026 · Updated Feb 12, 2026 · Assigned by GitHub_M

Description

Inspektor Gadget is a set of tools and framework for data collection and system inspection on Kubernetes clusters and Linux hosts using eBPF. String fields from eBPF events in columns output mode are rendered to the terminal without any sanitization of control characters or ANSI escape sequences. Therefore, a maliciously forged – partially or completely – event payload, coming from an observed container, might inject the escape sequences into the terminal of ig operators, with various effects. The columns output mode is the default when running ig run interactively.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
inspektor-gadget inspektor-gadget < 0.49.1 —

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
openSUSE Leap 16.0 govulncheck-vulndb 0.0.20260723T184607-160000.1.1 openSUSE-SU-2026:21483-1

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixedRecord
Go github.com/inspektor-gadget/inspektor-gadget < 0.49.1 0.49.1 GHSA-34r5-6j7w-235f

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