2361198 – (CVE-2025-43929) CVE-2025-43929 kitty: Kitty Unconfirmed Local Executable Execution

Bug 2361198 (CVE-2025-43929) - CVE-2025-43929 kitty: Kitty Unconfirmed Local Executable Execution

Summary: CVE-2025-43929 kitty: Kitty Unconfirmed Local Executable Execution

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Status:	NEW
Alias:	CVE-2025-43929
Product:	Security Response
Classification:	Other
Component:	vulnerability
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Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
Priority:	medium
Severity:	medium
Target Milestone:	---
Assignee:	Product Security DevOps Team
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Depends On:	2361412 2361413 2361415 2361416 2361414
Blocks:
TreeView+	depends on / blocked

Reported:	2025-04-20 03:01 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified:	2025-05-13 22:09 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2025-04-20 03:01:08 UTC

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).

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