CVE-2026-72913
Kitty is a cross-platform GPU based terminal. Prior to 0.48.2, the @kitty-echo and @kitty-ssh DCS handlers in kitty/window.py write unauthenticated data to the child shell's stdin, where handle_remote_echo accepts printable shell command characters and handle_remote_ssh calls get_ssh_data in kittens/ssh/utils.py, which emits a newline; chaining the handlers can execute attacker-controlled commands when a user displays untrusted terminal data. This issue is fixed in version 0.48.2.
- CVSS 4.0
- 7.3
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N - EPSS
- 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 10% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-25)
- CWEs
- CWE-77, CWE-93, CWE-150
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
References
- https://github.com/kovidgoyal/kitty/commit/9dca948e9bec3c926ab3370f2cd10f9b9b10821f
- https://github.com/kovidgoyal/kitty/releases/tag/v0.48.2
- https://github.com/kovidgoyal/kitty/security/advisories/GHSA-ccp2-q4v6-rw94
- https://sw.kovidgoyal.net/kitty/changelog/#id1
- https://github.com/kovidgoyal/kitty/security/advisories/GHSA-ccp2-q4v6-rw94