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Critical severity9.8NVD Advisory· Published Jan 30, 2020· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2020-8445

CVE-2020-8445

Description

In OSSEC-HIDS 2.7 through 3.5.0, the OS_CleanMSG function in ossec-analysisd doesn't remove or encode terminal control characters or newlines from processed log messages. In many cases, those characters are later logged. Because newlines (\n) are permitted in messages processed by ossec-analysisd, it may be possible to inject nested events into the ossec log. Use of terminal control characters may allow obfuscating events or executing commands when viewed through vulnerable terminal emulators. This may be an unauthenticated remote attack for certain types and origins of logged data.

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Affected products

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  • OSSEC-HIDS/OSSEC-HIDSdescription
  • Ossec/Ossec Hidsllm-fuzzy
    Range: 2.7 - 3.5.0

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