Improperly Controlled Modification of Dynamically-Determined Object Attributes in kitty - #VU151625
Published: September 22, 2026
Vulnerability identifier: #VU151625
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4: 6.8 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: N/A
CWE-ID: CWE-915
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to delete arbitrary directory trees.
The vulnerability exists due to improperly controlled modification of dynamically-determined object attributes in the @kitty-edit request parser when processing crafted terminal output. A remote attacker can write crafted DCS escape sequences to a kitty terminal to delete arbitrary directory trees.
Affected software
kitty
Remediation
Install security update from vendor's website.
kitty - update to 0.49.0