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Go to dashboardEmber is a terminal dashboard for Caddy servers. Before 1.4.2 it prints raw access-log request URIs into the interactive terminal without stripping control sequences, so an unauthenticated remote client can make the operator's terminal show spoofed content, hijack the clipboard via OSC 52, or change the window title.
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First seen by InfraStack 2026-10-28 20:35 UTC. All times on this page are UTC.
Operators who run the interactive Ember terminal dashboard against Caddy access logs that include internet-supplied request targets. The --json, --once and daemon --expose modes do not render an interactive terminal and are unaffected, so teams that use only those can skip it.
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ember --version (unknown if the sources do not give the exact flag)1.4.2 or laterEach row is the first time that source carried this signal. The analyst’s rows are its own findings.
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.
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