Always-Incorrect Control Flow Implementation Affecting KDE/konsole package, versions [,25.04.2)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.14% (35th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-KDEKONSOLE-10674049
  • published10 Jul 2025
  • disclosed11 Jun 2025
  • creditDennis Dast

Introduced: 11 Jun 2025

CVE-2025-49091  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-670  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade KDE/konsole to version 25.04.2 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Always-Incorrect Control Flow Implementation via the scheme handlers such as ssh://, telnet://, or rlogin:// URL. An attacker can execute arbitrary commands by providing a URL that triggers the fallback to /bin/bash when the expected binary is not available.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1