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CVE-2026-72847 Detail

Description

broot renders each file and directory name in its interactive tree view exactly as read from the filesystem. Names are converted with a plain to_string_lossy() call in src/tree_build/builder.rs and in TreeLine::unprune in src/tree/tree_line.rs, and no control-character filtering exists anywhere in the code, even though the doc comment on the TreeLine name field states that some characters may have been stripped. Any local user who can create a file can therefore place an escape sequence in its name and have it written unmodified to the terminal of anyone who browses that directory, between broot's own styling codes. A reported proof of concept used an OSC 52 clipboard-write sequence and captured the raw bytes broot wrote to its pty, confirming the sequence reaches the terminal unstripped. What an injected OSC or CSI sequence can then do depends on the terminal emulator in use. Browsing a directory is broot's primary function and carries no expectation that the content is trusted.


Metrics

 
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CVSS 4.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST CVSS score
NIST: NVD
N/A
NVD assessment not yet provided.

Nist CVSS score does not match with CNA score
CNA:  VulnCheck
CVSS-B 2.4 LOW
Vector:  CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N

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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
https://github.com/Canop/broot VulnCheck
https://github.com/Canop/broot/blob/v1.58.0/src/tree/tree_line.rs VulnCheck
https://github.com/Canop/broot/blob/v1.58.0/src/tree_build/builder.rs VulnCheck
https://github.com/Canop/broot/commit/0717a94b3c0efa19c7bbcfe0fb49a2374752a168 VulnCheck
https://github.com/Canop/broot/commit/4ba40f7d47af78457c7656f15eba71d63d97fce5 VulnCheck
https://github.com/Canop/broot/issues/1188 VulnCheck
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/broot-terminal-escape-sequence-injection-via-unsanitized-file-and-directory-names-in-the-tree-view VulnCheck

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-150 Improper Neutralization of Escape, Meta, or Control Sequences VulnCheck  

Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2026-72847
NVD Published Date:
08/20/2026
NVD Last Modified:
08/20/2026
Source:
VulnCheck