Description
Composer is a dependency manager for PHP. In versions on the 2.x branch prior to 2.2.26 and 2.9.3, attackers controlling remote sources that Composer downloads from might in some way inject ANSI control characters in the terminal output of various Composer commands, causing mangled output and potentially leading to confusion or DoS of the terminal application. There is no proven exploit and this has thus a low severity but we still publish a CVE as it has potential for abuse, and we want to be on the safe side informing users that they should upgrade. Versions 2.2.26 and 2.9.3 contain a patch for the issue.
References (5)
Core 5
Core References
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://github.com/composer/composer/security/advisories/GHSA-59pp-r3rg-353g
Patch x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/composer/composer/commit/1d40a95c9d39a6b7f80d404ab30336c586da9917
Patch x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/composer/composer/commit/5db1876a76fdef76d3c4f8a27995c434c7a43e71
Release Notes x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/composer/composer/releases/tag/2.2.26
Release Notes x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/composer/composer/releases/tag/2.9.3
Scores
CVSS v3
4.3
EPSS
0.0003
EPSS Percentile
10.3%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical Impact
partial
Details
CWE
CWE-74
Status
published
Products (2)
composer/composer
2.0.0 - 2.2.26Packagist
getcomposer/composer
2.0.0 - 2.2.26
Published
Dec 30, 2025
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026