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USN-8763-1: kitty vulnerabilities

It was discovered that kitty incorrectly escaped error messages when handling specially crafted terminal escape sequences. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary commands. (CVE-2026-42850) It was discovered that kitty incorrectly handled remote edit requests in terminal output. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code with the user's privileges. (CVE-2026-42851) Thai Son Dinh and Nguyen Huy Vu Dung discovered that kitty incorrectly handled destination paths in its file transmission protocol. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to overwrite arbitrary files with the user's privileges. (CVE-2026-54055) It was discovered that kitty incorrectly sanitized responses to color queries. An attacker could possibly use this issue to…

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Sep 15, 2026
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