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).
{
"cna_assigner": "mitre",
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-346"
],
"osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2025/43xxx/CVE-2025-43929.json"
}{
"extracted_events": [
{
"cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:kovidgoyal:kitty:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
"range": [
{
"introduced": "0"
},
{
"fixed": "0.41.0"
}
],
"source": "CPE_RANGE"
},
{
"range": [
{
"fixed": "ce5cfdd9caf44c538af800a07162e1f49bd53c35"
}
],
"source": "REFERENCES_COMMIT"
}
]
}