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lftp 4.9.3 does not filter non-printable characters in the output to the terminal
From: Vincent Lefevre <vincent () vinc17 net>
Date: Thu, 9 Apr 2026 02:33:48 +0200
I've just reported the following issue: https://github.com/lavv17/lftp/issues/781 lftp does not filter non-printable characters in the output to the terminal. For instance: $ mkdir /tmp/dir $ cd /tmp/dir $ touch "file$(tput smacs)" foo $ ls 'file'$'\033''(0' foo $ lftp sftp://localhost/tmp/dir cd ok, cwd=/tmp/dir lftp localhost:/tmp/dir> dir drwxr-xr-x 2 vinc17 vinc17 80 Apr 9 02:07 . drwxrwxrwt 22 root root 560 Apr 9 02:07 .. -rw-r--r-- 1 vinc17 vinc17 0 Apr 9 02:07 file -⎼┬-⎼--⎼-- 1 ┴␋┼␌17 ┴␋┼␌17 0 A⎻⎼ 9 02:07 °⎺⎺ ┌°├⎻ ┌⎺␌▒┌⎺⎽├:/├└⎻/␍␋⎼> and $ lftp sftp://localhost/tmp/dir cd ok, cwd=/tmp/dir lftp localhost:/tmp/dir> get file^[(0 get: /home/vinc17/file: F␋┌␊ ␊│␋⎽├⎽ ┌°├⎻ ┌⎺␌▒┌⎺⎽├:/├└⎻/␍␋⎼> (note: I typed "get file", then the Tab key to complete). Remote directories may contain untrusted data. In particular, a malicious user may have created file names with specially chosen escape sequences to introduce issues with the terminal and possibly security implications in some terminal configurations. Tested with lftp 4.9.3 under Debian/unstable. -- Vincent Lefèvre <vincent () vinc17 net> - Web: <https://www.vinc17.net/> 100% accessible validated (X)HTML - Blog: <https://www.vinc17.net/blog/> Work: CR INRIA - computer arithmetic / Pascaline project (LIP, ENS-Lyon)
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