Kitty is a cross-platform GPU based terminal. Prior to 0.48.2, the @kitty-echo and @kitty-ssh DCS handlers in kitty/window.py write unauthenticated data to the child shell's stdin, where handle_remote_echo accepts printable shell command characters and handle_remote_ssh calls get_ssh_data in kittens/ssh/utils.py, which emits a newline; chaining the handlers can execute attacker-controlled commands when a user displays untrusted terminal data. This issue is fixed in version 0.48.2.
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| Description | Kitty is a cross-platform GPU based terminal. Prior to 0.48.2, the @kitty-echo and @kitty-ssh DCS handlers in kitty/window.py write unauthenticated data to the child shell's stdin, where handle_remote_echo accepts printable shell command characters and handle_remote_ssh calls get_ssh_data in kittens/ssh/utils.py, which emits a newline; chaining the handlers can execute attacker-controlled commands when a user displays untrusted terminal data. This issue is fixed in version 0.48.2. | |
| Title | Kitty: Command injection into the child shell via chained @kitty-echo + @kitty-ssh DCS escape sequences | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-150 CWE-77 CWE-93 |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: GitHub_M
Published:
Updated: 2026-08-10T21:07:29.557Z
Reserved: 2026-08-10T17:57:26.143Z
Link: CVE-2026-72913
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