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.

Project Subscriptions

Vendors Products
Kcoreaddons Subscribe
Advisories

No advisories yet.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.


Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

History

Tue, 28 Apr 2026 09:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Kde
Kde kcoreaddons
Vendors & Products Kde
Kde kcoreaddons

Tue, 28 Apr 2026 07:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description 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.
Weaknesses CWE-150
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L'}


Projects

Sign in to view the affected projects.

cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2026-04-28T06:52:22.174Z

Reserved: 2026-04-20T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2026-41526

cve-icon Vulnrichment

No data.

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-04-28T08:16:01.647

Modified: 2026-04-28T08:16:01.647

Link: CVE-2026-41526

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-04-28T09:16:39Z

Weaknesses