Improper Neutralization Affecting kcoreaddons package, versions <5.116.0-2


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.17% (7th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIANUNSTABLE-KCOREADDONS-16325190
  • published1 May 2026
  • disclosed28 Apr 2026

Introduced: 28 Apr 2026

CVE-2026-41526  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-150  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:unstable kcoreaddons to version 5.116.0-2 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kcoreaddons package and not the kcoreaddons package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:unstable relevant fixed versions and status.

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.

CVSS Base Scores

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