CVE-2025-67746
What it is
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.
At a glance
- Exploitability
- Can be exploited over the network with a low-privilege account. Limited direct impact.
- Exploit odds
- 0.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS).
- Fix
- A patch, advisory or fixed version is referenced. Upgrade or apply it.
Timeline
- PublishedDisclosed publicly on CVE.org and NVD
- Last updatedMost recent change to the record
Why it ranks here
- Exploited in the wild: no, CISA does not list it.
- Exploit odds: 0.5% in the next 30 days (EPSS).
- Severity: 1.3 LOW (CVSS).
- Fix: a patch or advisory is linked.
Details
- Published
- Last modified
- Exploit probability
- 0.5% · EPSS, next 30 days
- Weakness
- CWE-74
- Record status
- Analyzed
Affected
- Getcomposer Composer < 2.2.26
- Getcomposer Composer < 2.9.3
Attack profile CVSS 4.0 · 1.3
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- None
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- Low
Raw vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/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
Is it in your code?
Hand this to your coding agent. It searches your project for the affected products and checks versions. Nothing leaves your machine.
Read https://cve-list.com/agent/cve/CVE-2025-67746.md and follow it. Check whether this project is affected by CVE-2025-67746. Read only. Don't change anything and don't upload my code. Tell me yes, no or not sure, with the file as proof.
Fix and advisories
- https://github.com/composer/composer/commit/1d40a95c9d39a6b7f80d404ab30336c586da9917
- https://github.com/composer/composer/commit/5db1876a76fdef76d3c4f8a27995c434c7a43e71
- https://github.com/composer/composer/releases/tag/2.2.26
- https://github.com/composer/composer/releases/tag/2.9.3
- https://github.com/composer/composer/security/advisories/GHSA-59pp-r3rg-353g
References
- https://github.com/composer/composer/commit/1d40a95c9d39a6b7f80d404ab30336c586da9917
- https://github.com/composer/composer/commit/5db1876a76fdef76d3c4f8a27995c434c7a43e71
- https://github.com/composer/composer/releases/tag/2.2.26
- https://github.com/composer/composer/releases/tag/2.9.3
- https://github.com/composer/composer/security/advisories/GHSA-59pp-r3rg-353g