Bug 2129747 (CVE-2022-41322)

Summary:	CVE-2022-41322 kitty: notification identifiers are not sanitized correctly leading to code execution
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	TEJ RATHI <trathi>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
Status:	CLOSED UPSTREAM	QA Contact:
Severity:	high	Docs Contact:
Priority:	high
Version:	unspecified	CC:	ego.cordatus, michel, zawertun
Target Milestone:	---	Keywords:	Security
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Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
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Fixed In Version:	kitty 0.26.2	Doc Type:	---
Doc Text:	A vulnerability was found in kitty where the notification identifiers were not sanitized correctly leading to code execution if the user clicked on a notification popup from a malicious source.	Story Points:	---
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Last Closed:	2022-11-28 02:55:38 UTC	Type:	---
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oVirt Team:	---	RHEL 7.3 requirements from Atomic Host:
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Bug Depends On:	2129748, 2129749
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Description TEJ RATHI 2022-09-26 08:55:49 UTC

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.

https://github.com/kovidgoyal/kitty/compare/v0.26.1...v0.26.2
https://github.com/kovidgoyal/kitty/commit/f05783e64d5fa62e1aed603e8d69aced5e49824f
https://sw.kovidgoyal.net/kitty/changelog/#detailed-list-of-changes
https://bugs.gentoo.org/868543

Comment 1 TEJ RATHI 2022-09-26 08:56:15 UTC

Created kitty tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: epel-all [bug 2129748]
Affects: fedora-all [bug 2129749]

Comment 2 Product Security DevOps Team 2022-11-28 02:55:36 UTC

This CVE Bugzilla entry is for community support informational purposes only as it does not affect a package in a commercially supported Red Hat product. Refer to the dependent bugs for status of those individual community products.