Kitty is a cross-platform GPU based terminal. In versions prior to 0.47.3, kitty's OSC 21 (color-control) query reply reflects attacker-controlled bytes, including newlines, into the shell's input without sanitization. Version 0.47.3 fixes the issue.
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Description Kitty is a cross-platform GPU based terminal. In versions prior to 0.47.3, kitty's OSC 21 (color-control) query reply reflects attacker-controlled bytes, including newlines, into the shell's input without sanitization. Version 0.47.3 fixes the issue.
Title Kitty vulnerable to command injection via unsanitized OSC 21 query reply
Weaknesses CWE-150
CWE-94
References
Metrics cvssV4_0

{'score': 7.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2026-06-12T20:07:00.209Z

Reserved: 2026-06-11T18:24:35.096Z

Link: CVE-2026-54057

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-06-12T21:16:24.610

Modified: 2026-06-12T21:16:24.610

Link: CVE-2026-54057

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