Upstream information

CVE-2026-41526 at MITRE

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.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Pending

This issue is currently rated as having moderate severity.

CVSS v3 Scores
CVSS detail CNA (MITRE) National Vulnerability Database SUSE
Base Score 6.5 7.8 6.5
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L
Attack Vector Local Local Local
Attack Complexity High Low High
Privileges Required None None None
User Interaction Required Required Required
Scope Unchanged Unchanged Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact High High High
Integrity Impact High High High
Availability Impact Low High Low
CVSSv3 Version 3.1 3.1 3.1
SUSE Bugzilla entry: 1263441 [IN_PROGRESS]

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List of released packages

Product(s) Fixed package version(s) References
openSUSE Leap 16.0
  • kf6-kcoreaddons >= 6.16.0-bp160.2.1
  • kf6-kcoreaddons-devel >= 6.16.0-bp160.2.1
  • kf6-kcoreaddons-imports >= 6.16.0-bp160.2.1
  • kf6-kcoreaddons-lang >= 6.16.0-bp160.2.1
  • libKF6CoreAddons6 >= 6.16.0-bp160.2.1
  • python3-kf6-kcoreaddons >= 6.16.0-bp160.2.1
 Patchnames:
openSUSE-Leap-16.0-packagehub-231

Status of this issue by product and package

Please note that this evaluation state might be work in progress, incomplete or outdated. Also information for service packs in the LTSS phase is only included for issues meeting the LTSS criteria. If in doubt, feel free to contact us for clarification. The updates are grouped by state of their lifecycle. SUSE product lifecycles are documented on the lifecycle page.

Product(s) Source package State
Products under general support and receiving all security fixes.
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Package Hub 15 SP7 kcoreaddons Affected
Products past their end of life and not receiving proactive updates anymore.
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Package Hub 15 SP6 kcoreaddons Affected
openSUSE Leap 15.6 kcoreaddons Affected

SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Tue Apr 28 12:00:15 2026
CVE page last modified: Thu May 14 20:36:58 2026