CVE-2022-23853

Published: Feb 11, 2022Modified: Nov 21, 2024

7.8

Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitability: 1.8 / Impact: 5.9

Source: NVD

Description

The LSP (Language Server Protocol) plugin in KDE Kate before 21.12.2 and KTextEditor before 5.91.0 tries to execute the associated LSP server binary when opening a file of a given type. If this binary is absent from the PATH, it will try running the LSP server binary in the directory of the file that was just opened (due to a misunderstanding of the QProcess API, that was never intended). This can be an untrusted directory.

Affected (2)

Products: Kde: Kate, Ktexteditor

2 products

Configuration A

2 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Kde Kate	Before 21.12.2
Kde Ktexteditor	Before 5.91.0

Related CWEs

Uncontrolled Search Path Element

The product uses a fixed or controlled search path to find resources, but one or more locations in that path can be under the control of unintended actors.

References (6)

https://apps.kde.org/kate/

Source: cve@mitre.org

ProductVendor Advisory

https://kde.org/info/security/advisory-20220131-1.txt

Source: cve@mitre.org

Vendor Advisory

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-21

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://apps.kde.org/kate/

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

ProductVendor Advisory

https://kde.org/info/security/advisory-20220131-1.txt

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Vendor Advisory

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-21

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

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