CVE-2025-43929
HIGH 7.8EPSS 0.2%
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
- kitty project · kitty
- CVSS v3.1 NVD
- 7.8 HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS v3.1 MITRE
- 4.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - EPSS
- 0.19% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 8th percentile
- Published
- 2025-04-20
- Updated
- 2025-04-21
Proof-of-concept exploits (1)
- 0xBenCantCode/CVE-2025-439290★ · 2025-04-30
Security advisories
- https://hitman.services/cve-2025-43929
- kovidgoyal/kitty/compare/v0.40.1...v0.41.0
- https://ghostwriter.kde.org/documentation/#links