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kovidgoyal kitty — Kitty vulnerable to command injection via unsanitized OSC 21 query reply
AV AC AT PR UI VC VI VA CVSS EPSS %ile KEV
L L P N P H H H 7.3 .0017 6.4 —
AFFECTED
Product Versions Fixed
kitty < 0.47.3 – —
TIMELINE
Jun 11 Reserved by GitHub_M
Jun 12 EXPLOIT PUBLISHED — CVE-2026-54057 (kovidgoyal kitty). Public exploit reference added.
Jun 12 Published (CNA: GitHub_M)
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.
Lifecycle
Complete event history — 3 events, chronological
| Date | Event | Detail |
| June 11, 2026 | Reserved | Reserved by GitHub_M |
| June 12, 2026 | EXPLOIT PUBLISHED | EXPLOIT PUBLISHED — CVE-2026-54057 (kovidgoyal kitty). Public exploit reference added. |
| June 12, 2026 | Published | Published (CNA: GitHub_M) |
Affected
Affected products and packages — 1 row
| Vendor | Product / Package | Ecosystem | Version introduced | Fixed |
| kovidgoyal | kitty | — | < 0.47.3 | — |
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