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CVE-2025-49091 (GCVE-0-2025-49091)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-06-11 00:00 – Updated: 2025-06-18 00:12
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Summary
KDE Konsole before 25.04.2 allows remote code execution in a certain scenario. It supports loading URLs from the scheme handlers such as a ssh:// or telnet:// or rlogin:// URL. This can be executed regardless of whether the ssh, telnet, or rlogin binary is available. In this mode, there is a code path where if that binary is not available, Konsole falls back to using /bin/bash for the given arguments (i.e., the URL) provided. This allows an attacker to execute arbitrary code.
Severity
8.2 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:L
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-06-11 13:39 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-670 - Always-Incorrect Control Flow Implementation
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
KDE Konsole Affected: 0 , < 25.04.2 (custom)
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