1 files changed, 8 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/src/firejail/macros.c b/src/firejail/macros.c
index 874180ad1..ccd201956 100644
--- a/src/firejail/macros.c
+++ b/src/firejail/macros.c
@@ -275,12 +275,19 @@ void invalid_filename(const char *fname, int globbing) {
                         return;
         }
 
+        size_t i;
+        for (i = 0; ptr[i]; i++) {
+                if (iscntrl((unsigned char) ptr[i])) {
+                        fprintf(stderr, "Error: invalid filename: contains a control character\n");
+                        exit(1);
+                }
+        }
+        
         char *reject;
         if (globbing)
                 reject = "\\&!\"'<>%^(){};,"; // file globbing ('*?[]') is allowed
         else
                 reject = "\\&!?\"'<>%^(){};,*[]";
-
         char *c = strpbrk(ptr, reject);
         if (c) {
                 fprintf(stderr, "Error: \"%s\" is an invalid filename: rejected character: \"%c\"\n", ptr, *c);