CVE-2026-54162

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CVE-2026-54162

Summary: Ember: Unneutralised terminal escape/control sequences from Caddy logs injected into the operator's TUI

Details: Ember is a real-time terminal dashboard for Caddy servers with FrankenPHP support. Prior to 1.4.2, interactive TUI row formatters pass Caddy access-log fields, particularly the request URI, through the `fitCellLeft` render helper without neutralizing terminal escape or control sequences. An unauthenticated remote client can place ANSI, OSC, or CSI control bytes in an ordinary HTTP request target. Caddy JSON-escapes those bytes, `ParseLogLine` decodes them back into raw controls, and the formatters concatenate them into `View()` output reaching `os.Stdout`. When the operator views the default `Logs` tab, the terminal interprets these sequences, allowing monitoring-dashboard spoofing, clipboard hijacking through `OSC 52`, and window-title spoofing through `OSC 0/2`. This works even with a loopback-only log listener because the input arrives through normal Caddy access logs. `Certificates` and `Routes` share secondary unneutralized render sinks. The `--json`, `--once`, and daemon `--expose` modes are unaffected because they do not render an interactive terminal. Consequences depend on the terminal emulator and usually require further operator action to escalate; this is not general-purpose remote code execution. This issue is fixed in version 1.4.2.

References: https://github.com/alexandre-daubois/ember/releases/tag/v1.4.2, https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/54xxx/CVE-2026-54162.json, https://github.com/alexandre-daubois/ember/security/advisories/GHSA-x3g7-qrwc-f6c5, https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-54162, https://github.com/alexandre-daubois/ember/commit/fcb7160e58dba58d6f9b5033cc312fdedc8c9f6b