CVEvulnerability

CVE-2026-41526

7.8 HIGH Published 2026-04-28 Modified 2026-10-26 Official page ↗
Status
Analyzed
Published
2026-04-28
Last modified
2026-10-26
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
6.5 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weaknesses
CWE-150

Description

In KDE KCoreAddons before 6.25, KShell::quoteArgs is intended to safely quote arguments so that they can be passed to a shell command. This parsing does not adequately handle metacharacters, leading to an escape from the shell. All applications relying on this method in a security-critical path to handle user input are affected and could be exploited. In particular, because sendInput() sends a string to a terminal, a control character such as \x01 can be used during injection.

Affected configurations

• kde kcoreaddons (< 6.25.0)

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-150 Improper Neutralization of Escape, Meta, or Control Sequences weakness

References