KiTTY
by KiTTY
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CVEs (12)
| CVE | Vendor / Product | Sev | Risk | CVSS | EPSS | KEV | Published | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2016-2563 | Cri | 0.69 | 9.8 | 0.34 | Apr 7, 2016 | Stack-based buffer overflow in the SCP command-line utility in PuTTY before 0.67 and KiTTY 0.66.6.3 and earlier allows remote servers to cause a denial of service (stack memory corruption) or execute arbitrary code via a crafted SCP-SINK file-size response to an SCP download… | ||
| CVE-2026-33642 | Cri | 0.57 | 9.9 | 0.00 | May 19, 2026 | Kitty is a cross-platform GPU based terminal. In versions 0.46.2 and below, the handle_compose_command() function in kitty/graphics.c performs bounds validation on composition offsets using unsigned 32-bit arithmetic that is subject to integer wrapping, potentially leading to… | ||
| CVE-2024-23749 | Hig | 0.54 | 7.8 | 0.05 | Feb 9, 2024 | KiTTY versions 0.76.1.13 and before is vulnerable to command injection via the filename variable, occurs due to insufficient input sanitization and validation, failure to escape special characters, and insecure system calls (at lines 2369-2390). This allows an attacker to add… | ||
| CVE-2024-25004 | Hig | 0.54 | 7.8 | 0.02 | Feb 9, 2024 | KiTTY versions 0.76.1.13 and before is vulnerable to a stack-based buffer overflow via the username, occurs due to insufficient bounds checking and input sanitization (at line 2600). This allows an attacker to overwrite adjacent memory, which leads to arbitrary code execution. | ||
| CVE-2024-25003 | Hig | 0.54 | 7.8 | 0.02 | Feb 9, 2024 | KiTTY versions 0.76.1.13 and before is vulnerable to a stack-based buffer overflow via the hostname, occurs due to insufficient bounds checking and input sanitization. This allows an attacker to overwrite adjacent memory, which leads to arbitrary code execution. | ||
| CVE-2026-95832 | Cri | 0.53 | — | 0.00 | Sep 25, 2026 | Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component in the colour control escape code handler in kitty from 0.47.3 before 0.49.0 allows a program writing to the terminal to execute an arbitrary command in the user's shell, because color_control()… | ||
| CVE-2026-72913 | Hig | 0.40 | — | 0.00 | Aug 10, 2026 | Kitty is a cross-platform GPU based terminal. Prior to 0.48.2, the @kitty-echo and @kitty-ssh DCS handlers in kitty/window.py write unauthenticated data to the child shell's stdin, where handle_remote_echo accepts printable shell command characters and handle_remote_ssh calls… | ||
| CVE-2026-95835 | Med | 0.29 | — | 0.00 | Sep 25, 2026 | Missing Authorization in the askpass escape code handler in kitty from 0.25.0 before 0.49.0 allows a local user other than the one running the terminal to obtain the text typed into a prompt that kitty itself displays, because handle_remote_askpass() in kitty/window.py opens the… | ||
| CVE-2026-95834 | Med | 0.23 | — | 0.00 | Sep 25, 2026 | Use After Free in the drag source path of the drag and drop protocol in kitty from 0.47.0 before 0.49.0 allows a program writing to the terminal to cause the terminal to read from and write to freed heap memory, because drag_remote_file_data() in kitty/dnd.c holds a… | ||
| CVE-2025-43929 | Med | 0.00 | 4.1 | 0.00 | Apr 20, 2025 | 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). | ||
| CVE-2022-41322 | Hig | 0.00 | 7.8 | 0.01 | Sep 23, 2022 | 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. | ||
| CVE-2020-35605 | Cri | 0.00 | 9.8 | 0.04 | Dec 21, 2020 | The Graphics Protocol feature in graphics.c in kitty before 0.19.3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code because a filename containing special characters can be included in an error message. |
- risk 0.69cvss 9.8epss 0.34
Stack-based buffer overflow in the SCP command-line utility in PuTTY before 0.67 and KiTTY 0.66.6.3 and earlier allows remote servers to cause a denial of service (stack memory corruption) or execute arbitrary code via a crafted SCP-SINK file-size response to an SCP download…
- risk 0.57cvss 9.9epss 0.00
Kitty is a cross-platform GPU based terminal. In versions 0.46.2 and below, the handle_compose_command() function in kitty/graphics.c performs bounds validation on composition offsets using unsigned 32-bit arithmetic that is subject to integer wrapping, potentially leading to…
- risk 0.54cvss 7.8epss 0.05
KiTTY versions 0.76.1.13 and before is vulnerable to command injection via the filename variable, occurs due to insufficient input sanitization and validation, failure to escape special characters, and insecure system calls (at lines 2369-2390). This allows an attacker to add…
- risk 0.54cvss 7.8epss 0.02
KiTTY versions 0.76.1.13 and before is vulnerable to a stack-based buffer overflow via the username, occurs due to insufficient bounds checking and input sanitization (at line 2600). This allows an attacker to overwrite adjacent memory, which leads to arbitrary code execution.
- risk 0.54cvss 7.8epss 0.02
KiTTY versions 0.76.1.13 and before is vulnerable to a stack-based buffer overflow via the hostname, occurs due to insufficient bounds checking and input sanitization. This allows an attacker to overwrite adjacent memory, which leads to arbitrary code execution.
- risk 0.53cvss —epss 0.00
Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component in the colour control escape code handler in kitty from 0.47.3 before 0.49.0 allows a program writing to the terminal to execute an arbitrary command in the user's shell, because color_control()…
- risk 0.40cvss —epss 0.00
Kitty is a cross-platform GPU based terminal. Prior to 0.48.2, the @kitty-echo and @kitty-ssh DCS handlers in kitty/window.py write unauthenticated data to the child shell's stdin, where handle_remote_echo accepts printable shell command characters and handle_remote_ssh calls…
- risk 0.29cvss —epss 0.00
Missing Authorization in the askpass escape code handler in kitty from 0.25.0 before 0.49.0 allows a local user other than the one running the terminal to obtain the text typed into a prompt that kitty itself displays, because handle_remote_askpass() in kitty/window.py opens the…
- risk 0.23cvss —epss 0.00
Use After Free in the drag source path of the drag and drop protocol in kitty from 0.47.0 before 0.49.0 allows a program writing to the terminal to cause the terminal to read from and write to freed heap memory, because drag_remote_file_data() in kitty/dnd.c holds a…
- risk 0.00cvss 4.1epss 0.00
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).
- risk 0.00cvss 7.8epss 0.01
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.
- risk 0.00cvss 9.8epss 0.04
The Graphics Protocol feature in graphics.c in kitty before 0.19.3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code because a filename containing special characters can be included in an error message.