CVE-2026-41526
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 do...
Original description
The description as published by the source.
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.
Fix status by distribution
Fixed packages published by each distribution for this CVE
- Debian DEBIAN-CVE-2026-41526 kcoreaddons
- Ubuntu UBUNTU-CVE-2026-41526 kcoreaddons
References
- advisory github.com
- advisory kde.org
- advisory nvd.nist.gov
- web github.com
- web github.com
- web github.com
- web invent.kde.org