CVE-2022-23853 is a high-severity vulnerability affecting KDE Kate before version 21.12.2 and KTextEditor before 5.91.0. The flaw allows for arbitrary code execution when opening a crafted file, as the LSP plugin attempts to run an LSP server binary from the untrusted file directory if not found in the system PATH. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 7.8, indicating a high potential for impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, requiring user interaction to trigger. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 21.12.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:kde:kate:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 5.91.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:kde:ktexteditor:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.