Improper Neutralization Affecting KDE/kcoreaddons package, versions [,6.25.0)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.17% (7th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-KDEKCOREADDONS-16352425
  • published3 May 2026
  • disclosed28 Apr 2026
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 28 Apr 2026

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

How to fix?

Upgrade KDE/kcoreaddons to version 6.25.0 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Neutralization via the quoteArgs function. An attacker can execute arbitrary commands by injecting specially crafted input containing shell metacharacters or control characters.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1