CVE-2022-41322

Published: Sep 23, 2022Modified: Jun 1, 2025

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

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.

Affected (3)

Products: Kitty Project: Kitty · Fedoraproject: Fedora

1 product

1 product

Configuration A

1 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Kitty Project Kitty	Before 0.26.2

Configuration B

2 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Fedoraproject Fedora	Version 36
Fedoraproject Fedora	Version 37

Related CWEs

CWE-116

Improper Encoding or Escaping of Output

The product prepares a structured message for communication with another component, but encoding or escaping of the data is either missing or done incorrectly. As a result, the intended structure of the message is not preserved.

References (15)

https://bugs.gentoo.org/868543

Source: cve@mitre.org

ExploitIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory

https://github.com/kovidgoyal/kitty/commit/f05783e64d5fa62e1aed603e8d69aced5e49824f

Source: cve@mitre.org

Patch

https://github.com/kovidgoyal/kitty/compare/v0.26.1...v0.26.2

Source: cve@mitre.org

Patch

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/47RK7MBSVY5BWDUTYMJUFPBAYFSWMTOI/

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6RRNAPU33PHEH64P77YL3AJO6CTZGHTX/

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202209-22

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory

https://sw.kovidgoyal.net/kitty/changelog/#detailed-list-of-changes

Source: cve@mitre.org

Release NotesVendor Advisory

https://bugs.gentoo.org/868543