CVE-2026-54055CWE-367CWE-426CWE-59

Kitty has an Arbitrary File Write via Symlink Race Condition in File Transmission Protocol

Medium · published June 12, 2026

CVSS v3.1
5.0
EPSS
0%
Percentile
0.6
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

Kitty is a cross-platform GPU based terminal. In versions prior to 0.47.2, a local privilege escalation vulnerability exists in kitty's file transmission protocol where a child process running in the terminal can write to arbitrary files on the filesystem by exploiting a TOCTOU (Time-of-Check-Time-of-Use) race condition between symlink validation and file creation. The `os.open()` call used to create files does not use `O_NOFOLLOW`, allowing an attacker to create a symlink between the initial stat check and the actual file open, causing the write to follow the symlink to an arbitrary destination. Version 0.47.2 fixes the issue.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
5.0 · MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:L
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00095 · 0.6th percentile
Weaknesses
CWE-367 · Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition; CWE-426 · Untrusted Search Path; CWE-59 · Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')
Published
2026-06-12T20:03Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 12 JUN 20:03Z
    Kitty has an Arbitrary File Write via Symlink Race Condition in File Transmission Protocol
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