CVE-2025-43929: 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…

PriorityP335high7.8CVSS 3.1

AVLACLPRNUIRSUCHIHAH

EPSS

0.18%

8.3th percentile

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).

Affected

5 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
debian	kitty	< kitty 0.41.1-1 (forky)	kitty 0.41.1-1 (forky)
kitty_project	kitty	< 0.41.0	0.41.0
kitty_project	kitty	>= 0 < 0.41.1-1	0.41.1-1
kitty_project	kitty	>= 0 < 0.41.1-1	0.41.1-1
kovidgoyal	kitty	< 0.41.0	0.41.0

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.17.8HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

osv7.8HIGH

vendor_debian4.1MEDIUM

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