CVE-2025-43929

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 Platforms

Weakness Type

CWE-346, CWE-346

References

• https://ghostwriter.kde.org/documentation/#links
• https://github.com/0xBenCantCode/CVE-2025-43929
• https://github.com/kovidgoyal/kitty/commit/ce5cfdd9caf44c538af800a07162e1f49bd53…
• https://github.com/kovidgoyal/kitty/compare/v0.40.1...v0.41.0
• https://hitman.services/cve-2025-43929/