{"schemaVersion":3,"id":"CVE-2022-23853","aliases":["UBUNTU-CVE-2022-23853","DEBIAN-CVE-2022-23853","openSUSE-SU-2024:11801-1","openSUSE-SU-2024:11813-1"],"status":"published","duplicateOf":null,"title":null,"description":"The LSP (Language Server Protocol) plugin in KDE Kate before 21.12.2 and KTextEditor before 5.91.0 tries to execute the associated LSP server binary when opening a file of a given type. If this binary is absent from the PATH, it will try running the LSP server binary in the directory of the file that was just opened (due to a misunderstanding of the QProcess API, that was never intended). This can be an untrusted directory.","dates":{"published":"2022-02-11T00:00:00.000Z","modified":"2024-08-03T03:51:45.993Z","reserved":null,"kevAdded":[],"kevDue":[]},"cvss":{"headline":{"score":7.8,"severity":"high","version":"3.1","versionLabel":"v3.1","source":"NVD","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","computed":false,"selection":"backend-summary"},"metrics":[{"version":"3.1","versionLabel":"v3.1","source":"OSV · Ubuntu","score":7.8,"severity":"high","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","exploitability":4.6,"impact":9.8,"computed":true},{"version":"3.1","versionLabel":"v3.1","source":"OSV · Debian","score":7.8,"severity":"high","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","exploitability":4.6,"impact":9.8,"computed":true},{"version":"3.1","versionLabel":"v3.1","source":"NVD","score":7.8,"severity":"high","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","exploitability":null,"impact":null,"computed":false},{"version":"2.0","versionLabel":"v2.0","source":"NVD","score":6.8,"severity":"medium","vector":"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P","exploitability":null,"impact":null,"computed":false}]},"epss":{"probability":0.00894,"percentile":0.58839,"severity":"low","asOf":"2026-10-19T00:00:00.000Z","change":{"pp":0,"baselineDate":"2026-09-19T00:00:00.000Z","baselineScore":0.00894},"history":[{"date":"2026-09-14T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.00894,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-09-15T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.00894,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-09-16T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.00894,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-09-17T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.00894,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-09-18T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.00894,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-09-19T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.00894,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-09-20T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.00894,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-09-21T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.00894,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-09-22T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.00894,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-09-23T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.00894,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-09-24T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.00894,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-09-25T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.00894,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-09-26T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.00894,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-09-27T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.00894,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-09-28T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.00894,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-09-29T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.00894,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-09-30T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.00894,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-10-01T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.00894,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-10-02T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.00894,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-10-03T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.00894,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-10-04T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.00894,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-10-05T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.00894,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-10-06T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.00894,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-10-07T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.00894,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-10-08T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.00894,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-10-09T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.00894,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-10-10T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.00894,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-10-11T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.00894,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-10-12T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.00894,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-10-13T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.00894,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-10-14T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.00894,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-10-15T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.00894,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-10-16T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.00894,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-10-17T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.00894,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-10-18T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.00894,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-10-19T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.00894,"percentile":0.58839}],"last30":[{"date":"2026-09-19T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.00894,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-09-20T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.00894,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-09-21T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.00894,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-09-22T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.00894,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-09-23T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.00894,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-09-24T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.00894,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-09-25T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.00894,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-09-26T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.00894,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-09-27T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.00894,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-09-28T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.00894,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-09-29T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.00894,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-09-30T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.00894,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-10-01T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.00894,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-10-02T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.00894,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-10-03T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.00894,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-10-04T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.00894,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-10-05T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.00894,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-10-06T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.00894,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-10-07T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.00894,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-10-08T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.00894,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-10-09T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.00894,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-10-10T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.00894,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-10-11T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.00894,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-10-12T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.00894,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-10-13T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.00894,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-10-14T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.00894,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-10-15T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.00894,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-10-16T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.00894,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-10-17T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.00894,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-10-18T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.00894,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-10-19T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.00894,"percentile":0.58839}]},"kev":{"state":"not-listed","entries":[],"listedCount":0,"totalCatalogs":3,"catalogs":[{"source":"cisa","label":"CISA","listed":false,"entry":null},{"source":"enisa","label":"ENISA","listed":false,"entry":null},{"source":"circl","label":"CIRCL","listed":false,"entry":null}]},"ransomware":{"state":"none-recorded","sources":[]},"exploits":[],"exploitCount":0,"weaknesses":[{"id":"CWE-427","name":"Uncontrolled Search Path Element","description":"The product uses a fixed or controlled search path to find resources, but one or more locations in that path can be under the control of unintended actors.","type":"weakness","status":"Draft","abstraction":"Base","likelihoodOfExploit":null,"url":"https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/427.html"}],"affected":[{"vendor":"debian","product":"kate","name":"kate","label":"kate","ecosystem":"Debian","cpePart":null,"purl":"pkg:deb/debian/kate","purlType":"deb","versions":[{"text":"< 4:21.12.2-1","noFixRecorded":false,"fixedIn":null}],"versionsText":"< 4:21.12.2-1","eol":null,"hubHref":null},{"vendor":"debian","product":"ktexteditor","name":"ktexteditor","label":"ktexteditor","ecosystem":"Debian","cpePart":null,"purl":"pkg:deb/debian/ktexteditor","purlType":"deb","versions":[{"text":"< 5.93.0-1","noFixRecorded":false,"fixedIn":null}],"versionsText":"< 5.93.0-1","eol":null,"hubHref":null},{"vendor":"ubuntu","product":"kate","name":"kate","label":"kate","ecosystem":"Ubuntu","cpePart":null,"purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/kate","purlType":"deb","versions":[{"text":"All versions","noFixRecorded":true,"fixedIn":null}],"versionsText":"All versions (No fix recorded)","eol":null,"hubHref":null},{"vendor":"ubuntu","product":"ktexteditor","name":"ktexteditor","label":"ktexteditor","ecosystem":"Ubuntu","cpePart":null,"purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/ktexteditor","purlType":"deb","versions":[{"text":"All versions","noFixRecorded":true,"fixedIn":null}],"versionsText":"All versions (No fix recorded)","eol":null,"hubHref":null},{"vendor":"kde","product":"kate","name":"kate","label":"kate","ecosystem":null,"cpePart":"a","purl":null,"purlType":null,"versions":[{"text":"< 21.12.2","noFixRecorded":false,"fixedIn":null}],"versionsText":"< 21.12.2","eol":null,"hubHref":"/vendor/kde/kate"},{"vendor":"kde","product":"ktexteditor","name":"ktexteditor","label":"ktexteditor","ecosystem":null,"cpePart":"a","purl":null,"purlType":null,"versions":[{"text":"< 5.91.0","noFixRecorded":false,"fixedIn":null}],"versionsText":"< 5.91.0","eol":null,"hubHref":"/vendor/kde/ktexteditor"},{"vendor":"opensuse","product":"kate&distro=openSUSE Tumbleweed","name":"kate","label":"kate&distro=openSUSE Tumbleweed","ecosystem":"openSUSE","cpePart":null,"purl":"pkg:rpm/opensuse/kate&distro=openSUSE Tumbleweed","purlType":"rpm","versions":[{"text":"< 21.12.2-1.1","noFixRecorded":false,"fixedIn":null}],"versionsText":"< 21.12.2-1.1","eol":null,"hubHref":null},{"vendor":"opensuse","product":"libqt5-qtbase&distro=openSUSE Tumbleweed","name":"libqt5-qtbase","label":"libqt5-qtbase&distro=openSUSE Tumbleweed","ecosystem":"openSUSE","cpePart":null,"purl":"pkg:rpm/opensuse/libqt5-qtbase&distro=openSUSE Tumbleweed","purlType":"rpm","versions":[{"text":"< 5.15.2+kde294-2.1","noFixRecorded":false,"fixedIn":null}],"versionsText":"< 5.15.2+kde294-2.1","eol":null,"hubHref":null}],"affectedCount":8,"eol":{"hasEol":false,"count":0},"references":[{"url":"https://apps.kde.org/kate/","label":"apps.kde.org/kate/","hostname":"apps.kde.org","tags":["REPORT","Product","Vendor Advisory"]},{"url":"https://kde.org/info/security/advisory-20220131-1.txt","label":"kde.org/info/security/advisory-20220131-1.txt","hostname":"kde.org","tags":["REPORT","Vendor Advisory"]},{"url":"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-21","label":"security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-21","hostname":"security.gentoo.org","tags":["Vendor Advisory"]},{"url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-23853","label":"ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-23853","hostname":"ubuntu.com","tags":["REPORT"]},{"url":"https://commits.kde.org/kate/361dd43e42994829dbdb35e78fb7698d27cbb0e2","label":"commits.kde.org/kate/361dd43e42994829dbdb35e78fb7698d27cbb0e2","hostname":"commits.kde.org","tags":["REPORT"]},{"url":"https://commits.kde.org/kate/6fc3bf6e5bd540e842e32c4a959c2158c8573be5","label":"commits.kde.org/kate/6fc3bf6e5bd540e842e32c4a959c2158c8573be5","hostname":"commits.kde.org","tags":["REPORT"]},{"url":"https://commits.kde.org/kate/92a9c65e30b4b63b8b116eb5c8dcb1e1a2d867bc","label":"commits.kde.org/kate/92a9c65e30b4b63b8b116eb5c8dcb1e1a2d867bc","hostname":"commits.kde.org","tags":["REPORT"]},{"url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-23853","label":"www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-23853","hostname":"www.cve.org","tags":["REPORT"]},{"url":"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2022-23853","label":"security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2022-23853","hostname":"security-tracker.debian.org","tags":["Advisory"]},{"url":"https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-23853","label":"www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-23853","hostname":"www.suse.com","tags":["WEB"]}],"lineage":{"upstream":[],"downstream":["MGASA-2023-0051","OPENSUSE-SU-2022:0841-1","SUSE-SU-2022:0841-1"],"duplicates":[],"related":["OPENSUSE-SU-2022:0841-1","SUSE-SU-2022:0841-1"]},"timeline":[{"kind":"published","date":"2022-02-11T00:00:00.000Z","label":"Published","detail":"Vulnerability first disclosed.","source":null},{"kind":"modified","date":"2024-08-03T03:51:45.993Z","label":"Last modified","detail":"Vulnerability information updated.","source":null}],"risk":{"score":31,"level":"medium","profile":"Default","thresholds":{"critical":75,"high":50,"medium":25,"low":10}},"meta":{"dataAsOf":"2026-10-19T23:51:52.515Z","stale":false,"partial":false}}