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kitty vulnerabilities

Published Jun 17, 2026 · Updated Jun 18, 2026

Summary

It was discovered that kitty incorrectly handled certain image data. An
attacker able to write to the terminal's input could possibly use this
issue to cause kitty to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or
possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2026-33633)

It was discovered that kitty incorrectly handled certain graphics commands.
An attacker able to write escape sequences to a kitty terminal could
possibly use this issue to cause kitty to crash, resulting in a denial of
service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2026-33642)

Fixed packages 5

ReleasePackageFixed in
Ubuntu · 25.10 kitty 0.41.1-2+deb13u1build0.25.10.1
Ubuntu · Pro 20.04 LTS Pro:20.04:LTS kitty 0.15.0-1ubuntu0.2+esm1
Ubuntu · Pro 22.04 LTS Pro:22.04:LTS kitty 0.21.2-1ubuntu0.22.04.1+esm1
Ubuntu · Pro 24.04 LTS Pro:24.04:LTS kitty 0.32.2-1ubuntu0.4+esm1
Ubuntu · Pro 26.04 LTS Pro:26.04:LTS kitty 0.45.0-1ubuntu0.1~esm1

References

  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-33633
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-33642