CVE-2026-42851 PUBLISHED

@kitty-edit DCS + --color=geninclude vulnerable to Unauthenticated in-process RCE

Assigner: GitHub_M
Reserved: 30.04.2026 Published: 12.06.2026 Updated: 12.06.2026

Kitty is a cross-platform GPU based terminal. In versions prior to 0.47.0, a program able to write bytes to a kitty terminal — a remote SSH peer, a downloaded file viewed with cat, a log line, an email body rendered in less, an issue body in a TUI, etc. — can cause kitty to execute attacker-supplied Python inside the running kitty process, with the user's full privileges. There is no approval prompt, no remote-control permission requirement, no shell-integration interaction, no clipboard touch, and no editor interaction. Version 0.47.0 fixes the issue.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS Score: 7.8

Product Status

Vendor kovidgoyal
Product kitty
Versions
  • Version < 0.47.0 is affected

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-94: Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection') CWE
  • CWE-862: Missing Authorization CWE