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Vulnerability · CVE-2025-43929

open_actions.py in kitty before 0.41.0 does not ask for user confirmation before running a local executable file that may have been linked from an untrusted document (e.g., a docum

Published Apr 20, 2025 · catalog updated Apr 21, 2025 · kitty project

Check if you run it

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-43929. EPSS is 0.19%. Act only if a listed version of kitty project is installed.

Gaps on this record

  • No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.
Severity
Medium4.1
Known exploitation
Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
0.19%
Remediation
Version ranges on file
Affected products
vendor kitty project kitty 0 <0.41.0

open_actions.py in kitty before 0.41.0 does not ask for user confirmation before running a local executable file that may have been linked from an untrusted document (e.g., a document opened in KDE ghostwriter).

Are you affected?

Enter the version you run. The result uses only the ranges stored on this record.

The check returns affected, not affected, or incomplete. It does not guess a version that is missing from the record.

  • vendor kitty project kitty 0 <0.41.00 <0.41.0

How to fix CVE-2025-43929

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-43929. EPSS is 0.19%. Act only if a listed version of kitty project is installed.

Which versions are affected?

Compare what you have installed with kitty project kitty 0 <0.41.0 0 <0.41.0. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.

What should an analyst verify?

No weakness class is stored. EPSS 0.19%. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Code

The project this record applies to. Exploit listings stay in References.

Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Apr 20, 2025 · EUVD

    Detected

    open_actions.py in kitty before 0.41.0 does not ask for user confirmation before running a local executable file that may have been linked from an untrusted document (e.g., a document opened in KDE ghostwriter).

  2. Apr 21, 2025 · EUVD

    Updated

    open_actions.py in kitty before 0.41.0 does not ask for user confirmation before running a local executable file that may have been linked from an untrusted document (e.g., a document opened in KDE ghostwriter).

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2025-43929

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2025-43929

    30-day exploitation probability 0.2%

    first.org
  • EUVDVulnerability recordEUVD-2025-14660

    open_actions.py in kitty before 0.41.0 does not ask for user confirmation before running a local executable file that may have been linked from an untrusted document (e.g., a document opened in KDE ghostwriter).

    euvd.enisa.europa.eu

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 18, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.