CVE-2026-25996 MEDIUM

CVE-2026-25996: Inspektor Gadget uses unsanitized ANSI Escape Sequences In `columns` Output Mode

Vendor Inspektor-Gadget
Product inspektor-gadget
Weakness CWE-150
Published February 12, 2026
Last update February 12, 2026

CVSS base score

6.9/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Confidentiality
Integrity

CVSS vector

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

What the vulnerability does

01Description

Inspektor Gadget is a set of tools and framework for data collection and system inspection on Kubernetes clusters and Linux hosts using eBPF. String fields from eBPF events in columns output mode are rendered to the terminal without any sanitization of control characters or ANSI escape sequences. Therefore, a maliciously forged – partially or completely – event payload, coming from an observed container, might inject the escape sequences into the terminal of ig operators, with various effects. The columns output mode is the default when running ig run interactively.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

February 12, 2026 CVE published
February 12, 2026 Record updated