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CVE-2026-54056

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Published: Jun 12, 2026Modified: Jun 16, 2026

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7.1
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:L
Exploitability: 2.8 / Impact: 4.2
Source: NVD

Description

Kitty is a cross-platform GPU based terminal. In versions 0.47.0 and 0.47.1, `kitten dnd` can allow a malicious remote drag-and-drop source to overwrite or truncate arbitrary files writable by the local kitty user. Remote `text/uri-list` drops are staged in a temporary directory, but on case-sensitive filesystems duplicate remote basenames are not de-duplicated. An attacker can first create a staged symlink and then send a same-name regular-file entry. The regular-file write uses `utils.CreateAt()` / `openat(O_RDWR|O_CREAT|O_TRUNC)` without `O_NOFOLLOW`, so it follows the attacker-created symlink and writes outside the staging directory before final overwrite confirmation runs. This appears related in class to the file-transfer symlink advisory, but it is a different bug: it affects `kitten dnd` remote drag-and-drop staging, uses different vulnerable code (`kittens/dnd/drop.go` and `tools/utils/file_at_fd.go`), and reproduces on commit `4aa4a5c0567a92553a8c20a88a4352da637fca5d`, after the file-transfer `O_NOFOLLOW` fix. Version 0.47.2 patches the issue.

Affected (1)

Products: Kovidgoyal: Kitty
1 product
Kitty
Configuration A
1 vulnerable
Vulnerable SoftwareAffected Versions
From 0.47.0 to 0.47.2

References (2)

Source: security-advisories@github.com
ExploitMitigationVendor Advisory
Source: 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0
ExploitMitigationVendor Advisory

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