App::Ack versions through 3.10.0 for Perl print unsanitised terminal escape sequences from filenames in several output modes.
When ack prints a filename whose basename contains terminal control bytes such as ANSI escape sequences, those bytes reach the terminal unchanged. Version 3.10.0 added a _safe_filename helper that sanitises the filenames printed by -f, -g, the colored match heading, and per-match lines, but the --show-types, -l/-L, and -c paths still emit the raw filename.
A file whose name embeds cursor-movement or color escapes can overwrite or recolor earlier terminal output, or be passed unchanged to a downstream consumer.
{
"cna_assigner": "CPANSec",
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-150"
],
"osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/49xxx/CVE-2026-49147.json"
}{
"extracted_events": [
{
"range": [
{
"introduced": "0"
},
{
"last_affected": "3.10.0"
}
],
"source": "AFFECTED_FIELD",
"strategy": "StandardRange"
}
]
}