CVE-2026-41526 (GCVE-0-2026-41526)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-04-28 00:00 – Updated: 2026-04-28 13:07
VLAI?
Summary
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.
Severity ?
6.5 (Medium)
CWE
- CWE-150 - Improper Neutralization of Escape, Meta, or Control Sequences
Assigner
References
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KDE | KCoreAddons |
Affected:
0 , < 6.25
(custom)
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