In Kitty before 0.26.2, insufficient validation in the desktop notification escape sequence can lead to arbitrary code execution. The user must display attacker-controlled content in the terminal, then click on a notification popup.

The remote Fedora 37 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the FEDORA-2022-04bc7cd075 advisory.

    Fixed KITTY_INSTALLATION_DIR in scripts

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    version 0.26.3


Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Fedora 36 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the FEDORA-2022-d718af66d1 advisory.

    Fixed KITTY_INSTALLATION_DIR in scripts

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    version 0.26.3


Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Ubuntu 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-5659-1 advisory.

    Stephane Chauveau discovered that kitty incorrectly handled image filenames with special characters in     error messages. A remote attacker could possibly use this to execute arbitrary commands. This issue only     affected Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. (CVE-2020-35605)

    Carter Sande discovered that kitty incorrectly handled escape sequences in desktop notifications. A remote     attacker could possibly use this to execute arbitrary commands. This issue only affected Ubuntu 22.04 LTS.
    (CVE-2022-41322)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-202209-22 (Kitty: Arbitrary Code Execution)

  - In Kitty before 0.26.2, insufficient validation in the desktop notification escape sequence can lead to     arbitrary code execution. The user must display attacker-controlled content in the terminal, then click on     a notification popup. (CVE-2022-41322)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
210982	Fedora 37 : kitty (2022-04bc7cd075)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	high
169258	Fedora 36 : kitty (2022-d718af66d1)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	high
165718	Ubuntu 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS : kitty vulnerabilities (USN-5659-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	critical
165539	GLSA-202209-22 : Kitty: Arbitrary Code Execution	Nessus	Gentoo Local Security Checks	high

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CVE-2022-41322

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