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CVE-2025-43929
April 20, 2025
open_actions.py in kitty before 0.41.0 does not ask for user confirmation before running a local executable file that may have been linked from an untrusted document (e.g., a document opened in KDE ghostwriter).
Affected Packages
https://github.com/kovidgoyal/kitty.git (GITHUB):
Affected version(s) >=v0.1.0 <v0.41.0
Fix Suggestion:
Update to version v0.41.0
Related Resources (5)
https://github.com/kovidgoyal/kitty/compare/v0.40.1...v0.41.0
https://hitman.services/cve-2025-43929/
https://github.com/0xBenCantCode/CVE-2025-43929
https://ghostwriter.kde.org/documentation/#links
https://github.com/kovidgoyal/kitty/commit/ce5cfdd9caf44c538af800a07162e1f49bd53c35
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CVSS v4
Base Score:
2
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Attack Requirements
NONE
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
PASSIVE
Vulnerable System Confidentiality
LOW
Vulnerable System Integrity
LOW
Vulnerable System Availability
NONE
Subsequent System Confidentiality
LOW
Subsequent System Integrity
LOW
Subsequent System Availability
NONE
CVSS v3
Base Score:
4.1
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality
LOW
Integrity
LOW
Availability
NONE
Weakness Type (CWE)
Origin Validation Error
CWE-346
EPSS
Base Score:
0.06