CVE-2022-23465

Command execution via terminal response replay

Published Dec 2, 2022 · Updated Apr 23, 2025

Code injection in affected SwiftTerm revisions allows attackers to execute commands when a user displays crafted terminal data. Terminal.swift returns attacker-controlled window or icon titles and invalid DECRQSS content to the host, replaying stored escape-sequence data as terminal input. Exploitation requires a user to display malicious content in a host application that embeds the library, after which the replayed response reaches the command line.

CVSS severity7.1
High
EPSS probability0.45%
Next 30 days · Sep 16, 2026
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
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Summary

What happened

Code injection in affected SwiftTerm revisions allows attackers to execute commands when a user displays crafted terminal data. Terminal.swift returns attacker-controlled window or icon titles and invalid DECRQSS content to the host, replaying stored escape-sequence data as terminal input. Exploitation requires a user to display malicious content in a host application that embeds the library, after which the replayed response reaches the command line.

The record

CVE
CVE-2022-23465
Published
Dec 2, 2022
Updated
Apr 23, 2025
Vendor
Miguel de Icaza
Product
SwiftTerm
Classifications
CWE-94, T1204.002
Attack vector
local
Privileges
unauthenticated

Timeline

How it unfolded

  1. Dec 2, 2022CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
  2. Apr 23, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.

Exploitability

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  1. Affected versionversion=< a94e6b24d24ce9680ad79884992e1dff8e150a31

What conditions does exploitation require?

Attack vectorlocal
Required privilegesunauthenticated

What is affected?

Miguel de Icaza · SwiftTermversion=< a94e6b24d24ce9680ad79884992e1dff8e150a31

Published CVSS scores

7.8NIST NVDCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
7.1GitHub, Inc.CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:N

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Sep 9, 2026Sep 15, 2026
Latest reporting daySep 15, 2026
Latest daily unique IPsUnavailable
Prior 30-day averageUnavailable
SourceShadowserver honeypots (KEV)
Vectorlocal
Privilegesunauthenticated
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Public exploitUnconfirmed

Weakness, pattern, technique

CWE-94Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')
T1204.002Malicious File

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