Medium severity · published Feb 12, 2026
CVE-2026-25933
Arduino App Lab has Improper Data Validation in Internal Terminal Interface
6.8
CVSS
0.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Arduino App Lab is a cross-platform IDE for developing Arduino Apps. Prior to 0.4.0, a vulnerability was identified in the Terminal component of the arduino-app-lab application. The issue stems from insufficient sanitization and validation of input data received from connected hardware devices, specifically in the _info.Serial and _info.Address metadata fields. The problem occurs during device information handling. When a board is connected, the application collects identifying attributes to establish a terminal session. Because strict validation is not enforced for the Serial and Address parameters, an attacker with control over the connected hardware can supply specially crafted strings containing shell metacharacters. The exploitation requires direct physical access to a previously tampered board. When the host system processes these fields, any injected payload is executed with the privileges of the user running arduino-app-lab. This vulnerability is fixed in 0.4.0.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Physical
Complexity
High
Privileges
High
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.2% · higher than 8% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
AR
arduino-app-lab · arduino
< 0.4.0 · source: vendor
AL
App Lab · Arduino
before 0.4.0 · source: NVD