{"dataType": "CVE_RECORD", "dataVersion": "5.2", "cveMetadata": {"cveId": "CVE-2026-42851", "assignerOrgId": "a0819718-46f1-4df5-94e2-005712e83aaa", "state": "PUBLISHED", "assignerShortName": "GitHub_M", "dateReserved": "2026-04-30T16:44:48.378Z", "datePublished": "2026-06-12T20:00:23.386Z", "dateUpdated": "2026-06-12T20:00:23.386Z"}, "containers": {"cna": {"title": "@kitty-edit DCS + --color=geninclude vulnerable to Unauthenticated in-process RCE", "problemTypes": [{"descriptions": [{"cweId": "CWE-94", "lang": "en", "description": "CWE-94: Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')", "type": "CWE"}]}, {"descriptions": [{"cweId": "CWE-862", "lang": "en", "description": "CWE-862: Missing Authorization", "type": "CWE"}]}], "metrics": [{"cvssV3_1": {"attackComplexity": "LOW", "attackVector": "LOCAL", "availabilityImpact": "HIGH", "baseScore": 7.8, "baseSeverity": "HIGH", "confidentialityImpact": "HIGH", "integrityImpact": "HIGH", "privilegesRequired": "NONE", "scope": "UNCHANGED", "userInteraction": "REQUIRED", "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H", "version": "3.1"}}], "references": [{"name": "https://github.com/kovidgoyal/kitty/security/advisories/GHSA-w98g-hpvr-r332", "tags": ["x_refsource_CONFIRM"], "url": "https://github.com/kovidgoyal/kitty/security/advisories/GHSA-w98g-hpvr-r332"}], "affected": [{"vendor": "kovidgoyal", "product": "kitty", "versions": [{"version": "< 0.47.0", "status": "affected"}]}], "providerMetadata": {"orgId": "a0819718-46f1-4df5-94e2-005712e83aaa", "shortName": "GitHub_M", "dateUpdated": "2026-06-12T20:00:23.386Z"}, "descriptions": [{"lang": "en", "value": "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 \u2014 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. \u2014 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."}], "source": {"advisory": "GHSA-w98g-hpvr-r332", "discovery": "UNKNOWN"}}}}

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