CVE-2025-43929 – Kitty Open Actions Local File Execution Vulnerability

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the
CVE-2025-43929 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution
of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may
impact the vulnerability’s severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • New CVE Received
    by [email protected]

    Apr. 20, 2025

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Description open_actions.py in kitty before 0.41.0 does not ask for user confirmation before running a local executable file that may have been linked from an untrusted document (e.g., a document opened in KDE ghostwriter).
    Added CVSS V3.1 AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
    Added CWE CWE-346
    Added Reference https://ghostwriter.kde.org/documentation/#links
    Added Reference https://github.com/kovidgoyal/kitty/commit/ce5cfdd9caf44c538af800a07162e1f49bd53c35
    Added Reference https://github.com/kovidgoyal/kitty/compare/v0.40.1…v0.41.0
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