CVE record · CVE-2026-73035

npm-check-updates 23.0.2 Terminal Injection via Unsanitized Escape Sequences

CVSS 5.3 MediumEPSS 0.0037 · 31st percentile

Published by the CVE Program (CNA: VulnCheck) at 10 Aug 2026, 20:19 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known. This CVE names a vendor and product rather than a package, so the lockfile check doesn’t match it.

Affected products, as the CNA wrote them
VendorProductVersions
raineorshine npm-check-updates pkg:github/raineorshine/npm-check-updates
  • affected 23.0.2 and earlier semver
  • unaffected b554b84848fc0b08a9d2b3d3db15e351387168cf git
Other versions: affected
Identifiers
CVE-2026-73035
CNA
VulnCheck
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-150
Published
10 Aug 2026
Updated
11 Aug 2026

Not analysed yet

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Severity and exploitation

ScoreRatingCVSSVectorSource
5.3 Medium 4.0 CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N CNA (VulnCheck)Used for this record
4.3 Medium 3.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N CNA (VulnCheck)
  • CISA KEV Not listed.
  • EPSS 0.0037, the 31st percentile, on 5 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Timeline

This record came from the full history of the CVE Program, published 10 Aug 2026. New records show when each source confirmed them.

Sources

References from the CNA

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