UBUNTU-CVE-2026-41526

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-41526
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2026/UBUNTU-CVE-2026-41526.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2026-41526
Upstream
Downstream
Related
Published
2026-04-28T08:16:00Z
Modified
2026-10-01T19:11:30Z
Severity
  • 6.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L 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

In KDE KCoreAddons before 6.25, KShell::quoteArgs is intended to safely quote arguments so that they can be passed to a shell command. This parsing does not adequately handle metacharacters, leading to an escape from the shell. All applications relying on this method in a security-critical path to handle user input are affected and could be exploited. In particular, because sendInput() sends a string to a terminal, a control character such as \x01 can be used during injection.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS
kcoreaddons

Package

Name
kcoreaddons
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/kcoreaddons?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

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

Affected versions

5.*
5.15.0-0ubuntu1
5.15.0-0ubuntu2
5.18.0-0ubuntu1
5.18.0-0ubuntu1.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "libkf5coreaddons-data",
            "binary_version": "5.18.0-0ubuntu1.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libkf5coreaddons5",
            "binary_version": "5.18.0-0ubuntu1.1"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2026/UBUNTU-CVE-2026-41526.json"
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS
kcoreaddons

Package

Name
kcoreaddons
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/kcoreaddons?arch=source&distro=bionic

Affected ranges

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

Affected versions

5.*
5.38.0-0ubuntu1
5.40.0-0ubuntu1
5.41.0-0ubuntu1
5.42.0-0ubuntu1
5.43.0-0ubuntu2
5.44.0a-0ubuntu1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "libkf5coreaddons-data",
            "binary_version": "5.44.0a-0ubuntu1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libkf5coreaddons-dev-bin",
            "binary_version": "5.44.0a-0ubuntu1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libkf5coreaddons5",
            "binary_version": "5.44.0a-0ubuntu1"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2026/UBUNTU-CVE-2026-41526.json"
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS
kcoreaddons

Package

Name
kcoreaddons
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/kcoreaddons?arch=source&distro=focal

Affected ranges

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

Affected versions

5.*
5.62.0-0ubuntu1
5.62.0-0ubuntu2
5.64.0-0ubuntu1
5.65.0-0ubuntu1
5.66.0-0ubuntu1
5.67.0-0ubuntu1
5.68.0-0ubuntu1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "libkf5coreaddons-data",
            "binary_version": "5.68.0-0ubuntu1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libkf5coreaddons-dev-bin",
            "binary_version": "5.68.0-0ubuntu1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libkf5coreaddons5",
            "binary_version": "5.68.0-0ubuntu1"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2026/UBUNTU-CVE-2026-41526.json"
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS
kcoreaddons

Package

Name
kcoreaddons
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/kcoreaddons?arch=source&distro=jammy

Affected ranges

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

Affected versions

5.*
5.86.0-0ubuntu1
5.87.0-0ubuntu1
5.88.0-0ubuntu2
5.88.0-0ubuntu3
5.88.0-1ubuntu1
5.88.0-1ubuntu2
5.89.0-0ubuntu1
5.90.0-0ubuntu1
5.91.0-0ubuntu1
5.92.0-0ubuntu1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "libkf5coreaddons-data",
            "binary_version": "5.92.0-0ubuntu1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libkf5coreaddons-dev-bin",
            "binary_version": "5.92.0-0ubuntu1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libkf5coreaddons5",
            "binary_version": "5.92.0-0ubuntu1"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2026/UBUNTU-CVE-2026-41526.json"
Ubuntu:24.04:LTS
kcoreaddons

Package

Name
kcoreaddons
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/kcoreaddons?arch=source&distro=noble

Affected ranges

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

Affected versions

5.*
5.110.0-0ubuntu1
5.112.0-0ubuntu1
5.113.0-0ubuntu1
5.113.0-0ubuntu2
5.115.0-0ubuntu1
5.115.0-0ubuntu3
5.115.0-0ubuntu4
5.115.0-0ubuntu5

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "libkf5coreaddons-data",
            "binary_version": "5.115.0-0ubuntu5"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libkf5coreaddons-dev-bin",
            "binary_version": "5.115.0-0ubuntu5"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libkf5coreaddons5",
            "binary_version": "5.115.0-0ubuntu5"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2026/UBUNTU-CVE-2026-41526.json"
Ubuntu:25.10
kcoreaddons

Package

Name
kcoreaddons
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/kcoreaddons?arch=source&distro=questing

Affected ranges

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

Affected versions

5.*
5.116.0-0ubuntu1
5.116.0-1ubuntu1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "libkf5coreaddons-data",
            "binary_version": "5.116.0-1ubuntu1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libkf5coreaddons-dev-bin",
            "binary_version": "5.116.0-1ubuntu1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libkf5coreaddons5",
            "binary_version": "5.116.0-1ubuntu1"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2026/UBUNTU-CVE-2026-41526.json"
kf6-kcoreaddons

Package

Name
kf6-kcoreaddons
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/kf6-kcoreaddons?arch=source&distro=questing

Affected ranges

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

Affected versions

6.*
6.12.0-0ubuntu1
6.12.0-0ubuntu2
6.14.0-0ubuntu1
6.15.0-0ubuntu1
6.16.0-0ubuntu1
6.17.0-0ubuntu1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "libkf6coreaddons-data",
            "binary_version": "6.17.0-0ubuntu1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libkf6coreaddons6",
            "binary_version": "6.17.0-0ubuntu1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "qml6-module-org-kde-coreaddons",
            "binary_version": "6.17.0-0ubuntu1"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2026/UBUNTU-CVE-2026-41526.json"
Ubuntu:26.04:LTS
kcoreaddons

Package

Name
kcoreaddons
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/kcoreaddons?arch=source&distro=resolute

Affected ranges

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

Affected versions

5.*
5.116.0-1ubuntu1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "libkf5coreaddons-data",
            "binary_version": "5.116.0-1ubuntu1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libkf5coreaddons-dev-bin",
            "binary_version": "5.116.0-1ubuntu1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libkf5coreaddons5",
            "binary_version": "5.116.0-1ubuntu1"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2026/UBUNTU-CVE-2026-41526.json"
kf6-kcoreaddons

Package

Name
kf6-kcoreaddons
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/kf6-kcoreaddons?arch=source&distro=resolute

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
6.24.0-0ubuntu1.1

Affected versions

6.*
6.17.0-0ubuntu1
6.19.0-0ubuntu1
6.20.0-0ubuntu1
6.21.0-0ubuntu1
6.22.0-0ubuntu1
6.23.0-0ubuntu1
6.24.0-0ubuntu1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "libkf6coreaddons-data",
            "binary_version": "6.24.0-0ubuntu1.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libkf6coreaddons6",
            "binary_version": "6.24.0-0ubuntu1.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "qml6-module-org-kde-coreaddons",
            "binary_version": "6.24.0-0ubuntu1.1"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2026/UBUNTU-CVE-2026-41526.json"