CVE-2026-72913: Kitty: Command injection into the child shell via chained @kitty-echo + @kitty-ssh DCS escape sequences

Published Aug 10, 2026
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Updated

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 handleremoteecho accepts printable shell command characters and handleremotessh calls getsshdata 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.

Affected Software

1 affected component
Kitty Kitty<0.48.2

Remediation

Recommended actions to resolve this vulnerability, in priority order.

  1. Upgrade

    Upgrade kitty to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 0.48.2

Event History

Aug 10, 2026
CVE Published
via MITRE·09:07 PM
Data Sourced
via MITRE·09:07 PM
DescriptionWeakness
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CVE-2026-72913 - Kitty: Command injection into the child shell via chained @kitty-echo + @kitty-ssh DCS escape sequences - SecAlerts