CVE-2026-66486 is a vulnerability in GNU Cpio
Published on August 10, 2026
Improper Output Encoding in GNU cpio
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
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2026-66486 is exploitable with local system access. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to have no impact on confidentiality and integrity and availability.
Weakness Type
What is an Output Sanitization Vulnerability?
The software prepares a structured message for communication with another component, but encoding or escaping of the data is either missing or done incorrectly. As a result, the intended structure of the message is not preserved.
CVE-2026-66486 has been classified to as an Output Sanitization vulnerability or weakness.
Products Associated with CVE-2026-66486
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Affected Versions
GNU cpio:- Before and including 2.15 is affected.