CVE-2026-72913

Exploitation

Public exploit code exists. CISA's assessment records a public proof of concept. That is not a report of exploitation in the wild.

SSVC decision

• ExploitationpocPublic proof-of-concept exploit code exists. Not a report of exploitation in the wild.
• AutomatableyesAn attacker can reliably automate reconnaissance through exploitation, so this scales.
• Technical ImpacttotalSuccessful exploitation gives total control of the vulnerable component.

CISA publishes the decision points, not a final SSVC decision. The decision also depends on mission and well-being impact, which is a property of your deployment rather than of the vulnerability.

EPSS probability

0.20% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 10.7% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

7.3 (CVSS v4.0), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

NVD analysis status

Deferred. NVD last modified this record on 2026-10-23.

Red Hat severity

Important. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2026-08-10 21:07Z2 MO AGO

Last updated

2026-08-11 15:59Z2 MO AGO

Reserved

2026-08-10

Assigning CNA

GitHub_M

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

High (CVSS 7.3)

CNA CVSS vector

CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Weaknesses

• CWE-77Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in a Command ('Command Injection')Class
• CWE-93Improper Neutralization of CRLF Sequences ('CRLF Injection')Base
• CWE-150Improper Neutralization of Escape, Meta, or Control SequencesVariant
• CWE-78Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')Base

Data version

5.2

Document digest

abb454ac54515ddc37460645e62d667297df803f05564ce92579557aa6730714

• github.comhttps://github.com/kovidgoyal/kitty/security/advisories/GHSA-ccp2-q4v6-rw94x_refsource_CONFIRM
• github.comhttps://github.com/kovidgoyal/kitty/commit/9dca948e9bec3c926ab3370f2cd10f9b9b10821fx_refsource_MISC
• github.comhttps://github.com/kovidgoyal/kitty/releases/tag/v0.48.2x_refsource_MISC
• sw.kovidgoyal.nethttps://sw.kovidgoyal.net/kitty/changelog/#id1x_refsource_MISC