CVE-2026-42850

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Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-42850
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-42850.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2026-42850
Aliases
  • GHSA-p64q-59hq-5q65
Downstream
Related
Published
2026-06-12T19:59:14Z
Modified
2026-08-21T09:26:59Z
Severity
  • 7.4 (High) CVSS_V4 - CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N CVSS Calculator
Summary
Kitty has a shell command injection
Details

Kitty is a cross-platform GPU based terminal. In versions prior to 0.47.0, it is possible to inject commands within the subshell through kitty error. A special escape code will make kitty return an error, this error is not escaped and will be correctly echoed back to the terminal with CRLF, as such it will be run by the shell in use. To exploit this bug, the victim must use a netcat or a similar program to connect to the attacker, or else listening for someone to connect. Once this condition is set, an attacker could pwn the computer of the victim using a special kitty's escape code that will run a command in the shell in use. Version 04.7.0 fixes the issue.

Database specific 
{
    "cna_assigner": "GitHub_M",
    "cwe_ids": [
        "CWE-77"
    ],
    "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/42xxx/CVE-2026-42850.json"
}
References

Affected packages

Git / github.com/kovidgoyal/kitty

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://github.com/kovidgoyal/kitty
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affected
Fixed
eadec09d499b6a1332fc75960a51abb1645d26ab
Database specific
Show details 
{
    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:kovidgoyal:kitty:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
    "extracted_events": [
        {
            "introduced": "0"
        },
        {
            "fixed": "0.47.0"
        }
    ],
    "source": [
        "AFFECTED_FIELD",
        "CPE_RANGE"
    ]
}

Affected versions

Other
nightly
v0.*
v0.1.0
v0.10.0
v0.10.1
v0.11.0
v0.11.1
v0.11.2
v0.11.3
v0.12.0
v0.12.1
v0.12.2
v0.12.3
v0.13.0
v0.13.1
v0.13.2
v0.13.3
v0.14.0
v0.14.1
v0.14.2
v0.14.3
v0.14.4
v0.14.5
v0.14.6
v0.15.0
v0.15.1
v0.16.0
v0.17.0
v0.17.1
v0.17.2
v0.17.3
v0.17.4
v0.18.0
v0.18.1
v0.18.2
v0.18.3
v0.19.0
v0.19.1
v0.19.2
v0.19.3
v0.2.0
v0.2.1
v0.2.2
v0.2.3
v0.2.4
v0.2.5
v0.2.6
v0.2.7
v0.2.8
v0.20.0
v0.20.1
v0.20.2
v0.20.3
v0.21.0
v0.21.1
v0.21.2
v0.22.0
v0.22.1
v0.22.2
v0.23.0
v0.23.1
v0.24.0
v0.24.1
v0.24.2
v0.24.3
v0.24.4
v0.25.0
v0.25.1
v0.25.2
v0.26.0
v0.26.1
v0.26.2
v0.26.3
v0.26.4
v0.26.5
v0.27.0
v0.27.1
v0.28.0
v0.28.1
v0.29.0
v0.29.1
v0.29.2
v0.3.0
v0.30.0
v0.30.1
v0.31.0
v0.32.0
v0.32.1
v0.32.2
v0.33.0
v0.33.1
v0.34.0
v0.34.1
v0.35.0
v0.35.1
v0.35.2
v0.36.0
v0.36.1
v0.36.2
v0.36.3
v0.36.4
v0.37.0
v0.38.0
v0.38.1
v0.39.0
v0.39.1
v0.4.0
v0.4.1
v0.4.2
v0.40.0
v0.40.1
v0.41.0
v0.41.1
v0.42.0
v0.42.1
v0.42.2
v0.43.0
v0.43.1
v0.44.0
v0.45.0
v0.46.0
v0.46.1
v0.46.2
v0.5.0
v0.5.1
v0.6.0
v0.6.1
v0.7.0
v0.7.1
v0.8.0
v0.8.1
v0.8.2
v0.8.3
v0.8.4
v0.9.0
v0.9.1

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-42850.json"