CVE-2025-43929 describes a vulnerability in kitty versions prior to 0.41.0, where the terminal emulator fails to prompt for user confirmation before executing local files linked from untrusted documents, such as those opened in KDE ghostwriter. This flaw carries a high CVSS score of 7.8, indicating a significant risk due to its low attack complexity and potential for high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability if a user is tricked into opening a malicious document. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 0.41.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:kovidgoyal:kitty:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
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