GNU cpio is vulnerable to improper encoding or escaping of output in its archive member listing functionality. When listing archive members via cpio -it, member names are printed directly to output without quoting or escaping. An attacker can craft a cpio archive containing member names with embedded newline characters or ANSI escape sequences, causing forged listing entries or terminal control sequence injection when the listing is displayed.
This issue has been fixed in commit 2ff9600c9ef32e88759843cdbde74c8db5ae9b30
CVE-2026-66486 is classified as CWE-116: Improper Encoding or Escaping of Output. Output is emitted without encoding it for the context it lands in, so data is interpreted as markup or code.
CVE-2026-66486 is recorded against 1 package.
Published on 10 August 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from NVD.
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These advisories are the same class of weakness (CWE-116: Improper Encoding or Escaping of Output) in other software:
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| Software | From version | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| unknown | — | — |
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