UBUNTU-CVE-2025-43929

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-43929
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2025/UBUNTU-CVE-2025-43929.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2025-43929
Upstream
Published
2025-04-20T03:15:00Z
Modified
2025-09-08T17:11:56Z
Severity
  • 4.1 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N CVSS Calculator
  • 7.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

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).

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:24.04:LTS / kitty

Package

Name
kitty
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/kitty@0.32.2-1ubuntu0.4?arch=source&distro=noble

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

0.*

0.26.5-3ubuntu2
0.26.5-5ubuntu1
0.31.0-3
0.31.0-4
0.32.2-1
0.32.2-1build2
0.32.2-1build3
0.32.2-1ubuntu0.1
0.32.2-1ubuntu0.2
0.32.2-1ubuntu0.3
0.32.2-1ubuntu0.4

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "0.32.2-1ubuntu0.4",
            "binary_name": "kitty"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "0.32.2-1ubuntu0.4",
            "binary_name": "kitty-shell-integration"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "0.32.2-1ubuntu0.4",
            "binary_name": "kitty-terminfo"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:25.04 / kitty

Package

Name
kitty
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/kitty@0.39.1-1?arch=source&distro=plucky

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

0.*

0.35.2-1
0.36.4-3
0.37.0-1
0.39.0-1
0.39.1-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "0.39.1-1",
            "binary_name": "kitty"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "0.39.1-1",
            "binary_name": "kitty-shell-integration"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "0.39.1-1",
            "binary_name": "kitty-terminfo"
        }
    ]
}