USN-8763-1: kitty Ubuntu

Vulnerability summary

USN-8763-1 is a vulnerability in kitty Ubuntu with no CVSS score yet.

Timeline

1. 15-09-2026
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 16-09-2026
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

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 execute arbitrary commands with the user's privileges. This issue only affected Ubuntu 26.04 LTS. (CVE-2026-54057)

No weakness data has been published for this record.