Tabby: Dragging and Dropping a File into Tabby Can Lead to Code Execution
Priority LOW 38CWE-150Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- Active
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- None
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
Tabby (formerly Terminus) is a highly configurable terminal emulator. Prior to 1.0.233, since Tabby does not escape control characters from file paths when dragging and dropping a file into it, code execution can be achieved. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.0.233.
Why it matters now
Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00178 7th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD
Fix Fixed tabby (Eugeny): 1.0.233
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Total
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
- Fix · CNA tabby (Eugeny) Fixed in 1.0.233
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-45038
References
More Eugeny vulnerabilities
- TI-2026-65512 russh: Client-side channel-scoped Handler callbacks fire for channel IDs the client never opened CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2026-35550 Russh: SSH message fields were decoded through allocation-first parsers before field-specific bounds CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2026-34331 Russh: Post-decompression SSH packet size was not bounded, allowing remote oversized compressed packets CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2026-34308 Resource allocation without limits in Eugeny russh CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2025-16084 Tabby has a TCC Bypass via Misconfigured Node Fuses CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.6
- TI-2024-36991 Tabby has a TCC Bypass via Unnecessary Permissive Entitlements in Tabby CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.6
Sources
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