CVE-2026-21439
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CVE-2026-21439 is a medium-severity vulnerability rated 5.3/10 on the CVSS scale. badkeys is a tool and library for checking cryptographic public keys for known vulnerabilities. In versions 0.0.15 and below, an attacker may inject content with ASCII control characters like vertical tabs, ANSI escape sequences, etc., that can create misleading output of the badkeys command-line tool. EPSS estimates a 0.30% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
Description
badkeys is a tool and library for checking cryptographic public keys for known vulnerabilities. In versions 0.0.15 and below, an attacker may inject content with ASCII control characters like vertical tabs, ANSI escape sequences, etc., that can create misleading output of the badkeys command-line tool. This impacts scanning DKIM keys (both --dkim and --dkim-dns), SSH keys (--ssh-lines mode), and filenames in various modes. This issue is fixed in version 0.0.16.
Metrics
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
Weakness Enumeration
Affected Software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Badkeys | Badkeys | < 0.0.16 |
References
- https://github.com/badkeys/badkeys/issues/40Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/badkeys/badkeys/security/advisories/GHSA-wjpc-4f29-83h3Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/badkeys/badkeys/issues/40Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
Timeline
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- Status
- Analyzed
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