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High USN-5659-1 2 CVEs

kitty vulnerabilities

Published Oct 5, 2022 · Updated Feb 10, 2026

Ecosystem: Ubuntu

Summary

Stephane Chauveau discovered that kitty incorrectly handled image
filenames with special characters in error messages. A remote
attacker could possibly use this to execute arbitrary commands.
This issue only affected Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. (CVE-2020-35605)

Carter Sande discovered that kitty incorrectly handled escape
sequences in desktop notifications. A remote attacker could possibly
use this to execute arbitrary commands. This issue only affected
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. (CVE-2022-41322)

Fixed packages 2

ReleasePackageFixed in
Ubuntu · 20.04 LTS 20.04:LTS kitty 0.15.0-1ubuntu0.2
Ubuntu · 22.04 LTS 22.04:LTS kitty 0.21.2-1ubuntu0.22.04.1

Vulnerabilities 2

  • High 7.8
    CVE-2022-41322

    In Kitty before 0.26.2, insufficient validation in the desktop notification escape sequence can lead to arbitrary code …

    kitty kitty Debian Ubuntu
  • Unscored —
    CVE-2020-35605

    The Graphics Protocol feature in graphics.c in kitty before 0.19.3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code be…

    kitty kitty Debian Ubuntu

References

  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-35605
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-41322