npm-check-updates through 23.0.2, fixed in commit b554b84, contains a terminal escape sequence injection vulnerability that allows an attacker to embed arbitrary terminal control characters in a dependency's package.json homepage or repository URL fields. When a developer runs ncu with the --format homepage or --format repo option, unfiltered escape sequences are written directly to the terminal, enabling malicious output manipulation or other terminal-dependent effects.
{
"cna_assigner": "VulnCheck",
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-150"
],
"osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/73xxx/CVE-2026-73035.json"
}{
"extracted_events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
},
{
"fixed": "23.0.2"
}
],
"source": [
"DESCRIPTION",
"REFERENCES"
]
}