procs through 0.14.12 fails to sanitize escape sequences in process command lines before displaying them in the Command column. Local attackers can execute processes with malicious ANSI or OSC escape sequences in their command line arguments, which are written unmodified to other users' terminals for interpretation by terminal emulators.
CVE-2026-90773
LOWPre-NVD 3.23.2—Trending — 4 sources updated this week
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence
Score 3.2 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: LOW) published 2026-09-13. a secondary CVSS source baseline 3.2; sources differ by 0.0.
Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, secondary
3.2EG
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
- Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0%CVSS: 3.2Exploit: None knownExposed: 0
No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.
- CVSS v3
- 3.2
- EG Score
- 3.2(high)
- EG Risk
- 14(Track)EG Risk 14/100SSVC: Track
EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).
How it’s computedSeverity32% × 45%Exploitation0% × 40%Automatability0% × 15%Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence. - EPSS PROB
- 0%
- EPSS %ILE
- 1%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
September 13, 2026
Last Modified
September 14, 2026
References (5)
- disclosure@vulncheckhttps://github.com/dalance/procs
- disclosure@vulncheckhttps://github.com/dalance/procs/blob/v0.14.12/src/columns/command.rs
- disclosure@vulncheckhttps://github.com/dalance/procs/commit/a064cec7d59f69a636d38e247824245dcd3a9836
- disclosure@vulncheckhttps://github.com/dalance/procs/issues/950
- disclosure@vulncheckhttps://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/procs-through-0.14.12-terminal-escape-sequence-injection-via-command
Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-90773(1)
These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.
Weakness Classification(1)
MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.
Data Freshness Timeline
(refreshed 13× in last 7d / 13× in last 30d)
Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.
- 2026-09-18 19:28 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-09-17 21:19 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-09-17 21:19 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-09-17 19:32 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-09-16 14:09 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-09-15 03:12 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-09-14 19:21 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-09-14 19:21 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-09-14 18:27 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-09-14 18:27 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-09-13 11:21 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-09-13 10:50 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-09-13 10:49 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked
Frequently asked(5)
What is CVE-2026-90773?
CVE-2026-90773 is a low vulnerability published on September 13, 2026. procs through 0.14.12 fails to sanitize escape sequences in process command lines before displaying them in the Command column. Local attackers can execute processes with malicious ANSI or OSC escape sequences in their command line arguments, which are written unmodified to other users' terminals…
When was CVE-2026-90773 disclosed?
CVE-2026-90773 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on September 13, 2026, with the most recent update on September 14, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-90773 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-90773 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the top 98.8% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-90773?
CVE-2026-90773 has a CVSS v3 base score of 3.2 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-90773?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-90773, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.
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