CVE-2026-54162

Ember: Unneutralised terminal escape/control sequences from Caddy logs injected into the operator's TUI

State
Published
Severity
4.7 Medium
Published
Oct 28, 2026
Updated
Oct 29, 2026
Reserved
Jun 11, 2026

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Description

Ember is a real-time terminal dashboard for Caddy servers with FrankenPHP support. Prior to 1.4.2, interactive TUI row formatters pass Caddy access-log fields, particularly the request URI, through the `fitCellLeft` render helper without neutralizing terminal escape or control sequences. An unauthenticated remote client can place ANSI, OSC, or CSI control bytes in an ordinary HTTP request target. Caddy JSON-escapes those bytes, `ParseLogLine` decodes them back into raw controls, and the formatters concatenate them into `View()` output reaching `os.Stdout`. When the operator views the default `Logs` tab, the terminal interprets these sequences, allowing monitoring-dashboard spoofing, clipboard hijacking through `OSC 52`, and window-title spoofing through `OSC 0/2`. This works even with a loopback-only log listener because the input arrives through normal Caddy access logs. `Certificates` and `Routes` share secondary unneutralized render sinks. The `--json`, `--once`, and daemon `--expose` modes are unaffected because they do not render an interactive terminal. Consequences depend on the terminal emulator and usually require further operator action to escalate; this is not general-purpose remote code execution. This issue is fixed in version 1.4.2.

Scores

CVSSScoreVectorSource
3.14.7 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:NGitHub_M

Weaknesses

  • CWE-150 Improper Neutralization of Escape, Meta, or Control Sequences

Affected Products

ProductVersions
emberalexandre-daubois
  • < 1.4.2Affected

References

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