FKIE_CVE-2022-41322

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2022-09-23 05:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 05:03
Severity
7.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
7.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
In Kitty before 0.26.2, insufficient validation in the desktop notification escape sequence can lead to arbitrary code execution. The user must display attacker-controlled content in the terminal, then click on a notification popup.
References
cve@mitre.orghttps://bugs.gentoo.org/868543Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://github.com/kovidgoyal/kitty/commit/f05783e64d5fa62e1aed603e8d69aced5e49824fPatch
cve@mitre.orghttps://github.com/kovidgoyal/kitty/compare/v0.26.1...v0.26.2Patch
cve@mitre.orghttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/47RK7MBSVY5BWDUTYMJUFPBAYFSWMTOI/
cve@mitre.orghttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6RRNAPU33PHEH64P77YL3AJO6CTZGHTX/
cve@mitre.orghttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202209-22Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://sw.kovidgoyal.net/kitty/changelog/#detailed-list-of-changesRelease Notes, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugs.gentoo.org/868543Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/kovidgoyal/kitty/commit/f05783e64d5fa62e1aed603e8d69aced5e49824fPatch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/kovidgoyal/kitty/compare/v0.26.1...v0.26.2Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/06/msg00000.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/47RK7MBSVY5BWDUTYMJUFPBAYFSWMTOI/
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6RRNAPU33PHEH64P77YL3AJO6CTZGHTX/
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202209-22Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://sw.kovidgoyal.net/kitty/changelog/#detailed-list-of-changesRelease Notes, Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
kitty_project kitty *
fedoraproject fedora 36
fedoraproject fedora 37
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