{"dataType": "CVE_RECORD", "dataVersion": "5.2", "cveMetadata": {"cveId": "CVE-2026-54056", "assignerOrgId": "a0819718-46f1-4df5-94e2-005712e83aaa", "state": "PUBLISHED", "assignerShortName": "GitHub_M", "dateReserved": "2026-06-11T18:24:35.096Z", "datePublished": "2026-06-12T20:06:06.437Z", "dateUpdated": "2026-06-12T20:06:06.437Z"}, "containers": {"cna": {"title": "Kitty has an arbitrary file overwrite via symlink following in `kitten dnd` remote drop staging", "problemTypes": [{"descriptions": [{"cweId": "CWE-59", "lang": "en", "description": "CWE-59: Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')", "type": "CWE"}]}], "metrics": [{"cvssV3_1": {"attackComplexity": "LOW", "attackVector": "NETWORK", "availabilityImpact": "LOW", "baseScore": 7.6, "baseSeverity": "HIGH", "confidentialityImpact": "NONE", "integrityImpact": "HIGH", "privilegesRequired": "LOW", "scope": "CHANGED", "userInteraction": "REQUIRED", "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:L", "version": "3.1"}}], "references": [{"name": "https://github.com/kovidgoyal/kitty/security/advisories/GHSA-r892-cv7q-fw8x", "tags": ["x_refsource_CONFIRM"], "url": "https://github.com/kovidgoyal/kitty/security/advisories/GHSA-r892-cv7q-fw8x"}], "affected": [{"vendor": "kovidgoyal", "product": "kitty", "versions": [{"version": ">= 0.47.0, < 0.47.2", "status": "affected"}]}], "providerMetadata": {"orgId": "a0819718-46f1-4df5-94e2-005712e83aaa", "shortName": "GitHub_M", "dateUpdated": "2026-06-12T20:06:06.437Z"}, "descriptions": [{"lang": "en", "value": "Kitty is a cross-platform GPU based terminal. In versions 0.47.0 and 0.47.1, `kitten dnd` can allow a malicious remote drag-and-drop source to overwrite or truncate arbitrary files writable by the local kitty user. Remote `text/uri-list` drops are staged in a temporary directory, but on case-sensitive filesystems duplicate remote basenames are not de-duplicated. An attacker can first create a staged symlink and then send a same-name regular-file entry. The regular-file write uses `utils.CreateAt()` / `openat(O_RDWR|O_CREAT|O_TRUNC)` without `O_NOFOLLOW`, so it follows the attacker-created symlink and writes outside the staging directory before final overwrite confirmation runs. This appears related in class to the file-transfer symlink advisory, but it is a different bug: it affects `kitten dnd` remote drag-and-drop staging, uses different vulnerable code (`kittens/dnd/drop.go` and `tools/utils/file_at_fd.go`), and reproduces on commit `4aa4a5c0567a92553a8c20a88a4352da637fca5d`, after the file-transfer `O_NOFOLLOW` fix. Version 0.47.2 patches the issue."}], "source": {"advisory": "GHSA-r892-cv7q-fw8x", "discovery": "UNKNOWN"}}}}

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