CVE-2026-45038: high-severity vulnerability in Eugeny tabby
Tabby: Dragging and Dropping a File into Tabby Can Lead to Code Execution
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21Vexday Risk Score
No sign of exploitation. No public exploitation artifact known so far.
ssvc Trackcvss 8.4epss 0.2%
Tabby (formerly Terminus) is a highly configurable terminal emulator. Prior to 1.0.233, since Tabby does not escape control characters from file paths when dragging and dropping a file into it, code execution can be achieved. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.0.233.
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Affected products
Eugeny · tabbyRelated CVEs — Eugeny tabby
In the same product, most dangerous first.
CVE-2026-72903HIGHTabby: Windows SFTP path traversal allows a malicious server to write files outside the selected download directoryEPSS 0.5%CVE-2026-45035CRITICALTabby: RCE via `tabby://run` URL SchemeEPSS 0.4%CVE-2025-22136HIGHTabby has a TCC Bypass via Misconfigured Node FusesEPSS 0.4%CVE-2024-55950HIGHTabby has a TCC Bypass via Unnecessary Permissive Entitlements in TabbyEPSS 0.3%CVE-2026-46709HIGHTabby: Drag-and-drop path injection still allows RCE via shell command substitution (incomplete fix for CVE-2026-45038)EPSS 0.3%CVE-2026-45037HIGHTabby: Unsafe protocol handler execution via terminal linkifier allows arbitrary OS protocol invocationEPSS 0.1%