CVE-2025-43929

VendorkovidgoyalProductkittyDiscoveredApr 20, 2025UpdatedApr 24, 2025

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).

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CVSS v3.1

4.1 MEDIUM

EPSS

0.19%

probability of exploitation in 30 days

CISA KEV

Not listed

no confirmed exploitation reported

News coverage

sources referencing this CVE

Related IOCs

seen in the same coverage

EPSS Trend

Aug 16, 2026 → Sep 17, 2026

● 0.01pp

0.18% → 0.19% over 2 tracked changes

CVSS v3.1 Detail

Attack VectorLOCAL

Attack ComplexityHIGH

Privileges RequiredNONE

User InteractionREQUIRED

ScopeCHANGED

ConfidentialityLOW

IntegrityLOW

AvailabilityNONE

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Connections

2 relationships

CWE-346

source

Timeline

disclosure → media coverage

Apr 20, 2025

Disclosure — published as a CVE record. · last revised by NVD Apr 24, 2025

Public PoC (1)

github.com/0xBenCantCode/CVE-2025-43929

Unverified third-party code — review before executing.