Medium 6.9Published Feb 12, 2026

CVE-2026-25996Inspektor Gadget uses unsanitized ANSI Escape Sequences In `columns` Output Mode

Updated under an hour ago (Oct 28, 2026, 2:23 AM ET)

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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.

CVSS: 6.9 MEDIUM (v4.0, CNA)CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Weakness (CWE): CWE-150
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: GitHub_M
NVD analysis: Analyzed
Record last updated: Feb 12, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

inspektor-gadget inspektor-gadget inspektor_gadget:inspektor_gadget (from the name)	before 0.49.1	CNA record
linuxfoundation inspektor_gadget linuxfoundation:inspektor_gadget	before 0.49.1	NVD

References

References

https://github.com/inspektor-gadget/inspektor-gadget/security/advisories/GHSA-34r5-6j7w-235f	x-refsource-confirm, exploit, vendor-advisory
https://github.com/inspektor-gadget/inspektor-gadget/commit/d59cf72971f9b7110d9c179dc8ae8b7a11dbd6d2	x-refsource-misc, patch
https://github.com/inspektor-gadget/inspektor-gadget/releases/tag/v0.49.1	x-refsource-misc, product, release-notes

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