What is CVE-2022-46387?

CVE-2022-46387 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Cmder, classified under Improper Encoding or Escaping of Output. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2023-03-28.

How severe is CVE-2022-46387?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Is CVE-2022-46387 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Vulnerability in Cmder

CVE-2022-46387

ConEmu through 220807 and Cmder before 1.3.21 report the title of the terminal, including control characters, which allows an attacker to change the title and then execute it as commands.

Published 2023-03-28 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.009 (57.1th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 57th percentile — 57.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.009 · newest: 0.009 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-116 — Improper Encoding or Escaping of Output

Public proof-of-concept exploits

dgl/houdini-kubectl-poc

References

github.com/cmderdev/cmder/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md (Release Notes)
gist.github.com/dgl/05ca60cdc7efc9e47bbc58d0c952635e (Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-46387?: CVE-2022-46387 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Cmder, classified under Improper Encoding or Escaping of Output. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2023-03-28.
How severe is CVE-2022-46387?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2022-46387 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.