TI-2024-25648 Aliases CVE-2024-38396 GHSA-75hq-pffg-m782

An issue was discovered in iTerm2 3.5.x before 3.5.2.

HIGH 82CWE-94Published 2024-06-16 · Updated 2024-08-02

Key facts

Attack vector: Network
Privileges required: None
User interaction: None
Attack complexity: Low
Impact type: Code execution
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: High · High · High
Fix status: No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-94.

Summary

An issue was discovered in iTerm2 3.5.x before 3.5.2. Unfiltered use of an escape sequence to report a window title, in combination with the built-in tmux integration feature (enabled by default), allows an attacker to inject arbitrary code into the terminal, a different vulnerability than CVE-2024-38395.

Why it matters now

Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV

EPSS 0.01683 77th percentileScored 2026-11-07

Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD

Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation: Poc
Automatable: Yes
Technical impact: Total

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
—	—	all versions	—	No fix listed	CNA

— Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:iterm2:iterm2::::::::	3.5.0 to before 3.5.2	Vulnerable	iTerm2

cpe:2.3:a:iterm2:iterm2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.5.0 to before 3.5.2 Vulnerable ·iTerm2

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-38396
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-75hq-pffg-m782

References

Exploit 1

https://vin01.github.io/piptagole/escape-sequences/iterm2/rce/2024/06/16/iterm2-rce-window-title-tmux-integration.html

Patch 1

https://gitlab.com/gnachman/iterm2/-/commit/fc60236a914d63fb70a5c632e211203a4f1bd4dd

Other 2

TI-2023-24916 iTerm2 before 3.4.20 allow (potentially remote) code execution because of mishandling of… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2023-24915 iTerm2 before 3.4.20 allow (potentially remote) code execution because of mishandling of… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2026-29861 In iTerm2 through 3.6.9, displaying a .txt file can cause code execution via DCS 2000p… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
TI-2024-25647 In iTerm2 before 3.5.2, the "Terminal may report window title" setting is not honored… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2022-22670 iTerm2 before 3.4.18 mishandles a DECRQSS response. CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2023-24933 iTermSessionLauncher.m in iTerm2 before 3.5.0beta12 does not sanitize ssh hostnames in… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8

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Sources

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