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Medium · 4.1 Public exploit CVE-2025-43929 EUVD-2025-14660GHSA-cch3-2vm3-v73j

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 …

Published Apr 20, 2025 · Updated Apr 21, 2025 · Assigned by mitre

Vendor: kitty project Product: kitty Package: kitty Package: kitty Ecosystem: Debian Ecosystem: Ubuntu

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).

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
kitty project kitty < 0.41.0 0.41.0

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

Debian

Security tracker ↗
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 14 kitty 0.41.1-1 —
Debian 13 kitty 0.41.1-1 —
Debian 12 kitty No fix yet —

Ubuntu

Security tracker ↗
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 25.10 kitty No fix yet —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS kitty No fix yet —

Public exploits

Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.

Third-party code, not reviewed by us. Public PoCs are sometimes fake or contain malware. Read the code first and run it only in an isolated lab, against systems you are authorised to test.

GitHub 1 repository

  • 0xBenCantCode/CVE-2025-43929 ★ 0 · Apr 20, 2025

    High severity vulnerability in KiTTY allowing for local executables to be ran without user confirmation under certain circumstances.

Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.

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