Advisories for Pypi/Flawfinder package

2026

Flawfinder output manipulation via untrusted filenames and source text

This vulnerability is an improper input neutralization issue leading to output manipulation, specifically, Terminal/ANSI Escape Sequence Injection and XML Injection: Terminal Output Spoofing: A malicious file whose name contains ANSI escape sequences can end up being included in flawfinder's standard terminal output, with many effects. For example, this might allow an attacker to hide critical scan results, falsely making it appear to a human reviewer that no security issues were …