CVE-2025-43929

Published Apr 20, 2025 CVSS 3.1 · 4.1 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
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).

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2025-14660 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).
History
Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Kovidgoyal
Kovidgoyal kitty
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:kovidgoyal:kitty:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Kovidgoyal
Kovidgoyal kitty
Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-346
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 4.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N'}

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description 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
Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Apr 21, 2025, 1:49 PM
Reserved
Apr 20, 2025, 12:00 AM
Status
Analyzed
Published
Apr 20, 2025, 3:15 AM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 9:24 AM