CVE-2026-25996: inspektor-gadget

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2026-25996 is a critical (CVSS 9.8) vulnerability in inspektor-gadget. EPSS estimates a 0.80% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 55.7% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.

Timeline

1. 12-02-2026
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 12-02-2026
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Inspektor Gadget is a set of tools and framework for data collection and system inspection on Kubernetes clusters and Linux hosts using eBPF. String fields from eBPF events in columns output mode are rendered to the terminal without any sanitization of control characters or ANSI escape sequences. Therefore, a maliciously forged – partially or completely – event payload, coming from an observed container, might inject the escape sequences into the terminal of ig operators, with various effects. The columns output mode is the default when running ig run interactively.

• CWE-150Improper Neutralization of Escape, Meta, or Control SequencesThe product receives input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could be interpreted as escape, meta, or control character sequences when they are sent to a downstream component.