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MEDIUM Received

CVE-2026-73036

Bash-it 3.2.0 contains a terminal escape sequence injection vulnerability in the barbuk theme's Python virtualenv prompt segment that allows local attackers to inject arbitrary terminal control sequences by embedding escape sequences in the requires-python field of a pyproject.toml file. When a user navigates into a directory containing a maliciously crafted pyproject.toml, the unfiltered field value is read via awk and concatenated directly into PS1 through __prompt-command without stripping control characters, causing injected OSC or CSI sequences to be written to and interpreted by the terminal emulator on every prompt render.

Published 11 Aug 2026, 20:18 UTC Last modified 11 Aug 2026, 20:18 UTC
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Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Active
Scope Not assessed
Confidentiality Not assessed
Integrity Not assessed
Availability Not assessed
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