{"id":"CVE-2026-54055","summary":"Kitty has an Arbitrary File Write via Symlink Race Condition in File Transmission Protocol","details":"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.","aliases":["GHSA-q446-x7q6-vcxh"],"modified":"2026-07-08T08:09:46.656703358Z","published":"2026-06-12T20:03:17.907Z","database_specific":{"cwe_ids":["CWE-367","CWE-426","CWE-59"],"osv_generated_from":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/54xxx/CVE-2026-54055.json","cna_assigner":"GitHub_M"},"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/54xxx/CVE-2026-54055.json"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://github.com/kovidgoyal/kitty/security/advisories/GHSA-q446-x7q6-vcxh"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-54055"}],"affected":[{"ranges":[{"type":"GIT","repo":"https://github.com/kovidgoyal/kitty","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"d20fe4d4b5860b77f507317ac0bf39242725d1ae"}],"database_specific":{"source":["AFFECTED_FIELD","CPE_RANGE"],"cpe":"cpe:2.3:a:kovidgoyal:kitty:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","extracted_events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"0.47.2"}]}}],"versions":["v0.47.1","v0.47.0","v0.46.2","v0.46.1","v0.46.0","nightly","v0.45.0","v0.44.0","v0.43.1","v0.43.0","v0.42.2","v0.42.1","v0.42.0","v0.41.1","v0.41.0","v0.40.1","v0.40.0","v0.39.1","v0.39.0","v0.38.1","v0.38.0","v0.37.0","v0.36.4","v0.36.3","v0.36.2","v0.36.1","v0.36.0","v0.35.2","v0.35.1","v0.35.0","v0.34.1","v0.34.0","v0.33.1","v0.33.0","v0.32.2","v0.32.1","v0.32.0","v0.31.0","v0.30.1","v0.30.0","v0.29.2","v0.29.1","v0.29.0","v0.28.1","v0.28.0","v0.27.1","v0.27.0","v0.26.5","v0.26.4","v0.26.3","v0.26.2","v0.26.1","v0.26.0","v0.25.2","v0.25.1","v0.25.0","v0.24.4","v0.24.3","v0.24.2","v0.24.1","v0.24.0","v0.23.1","v0.23.0","v0.22.2","v0.22.1","v0.22.0","v0.21.2","v0.21.1","v0.21.0","v0.20.3","v0.20.2","v0.20.1","v0.20.0","v0.19.3","v0.19.2","v0.19.1","v0.19.0","v0.18.3","v0.18.2","v0.18.1","v0.18.0","v0.17.4","v0.17.3","v0.17.2","v0.17.1","v0.17.0","v0.16.0","v0.15.1","v0.15.0","v0.14.6","v0.14.5","v0.14.4","v0.14.3","v0.14.2","v0.14.1","v0.14.0","v0.13.3","v0.13.2","v0.13.1","v0.13.0","v0.12.3","v0.12.2","v0.12.1","v0.12.0","v0.11.3","v0.11.2","v0.11.1","v0.11.0","v0.10.1","v0.10.0","v0.9.1","v0.9.0","v0.8.4","v0.8.3","v0.8.2","v0.8.1","v0.8.0","v0.7.1","v0.7.0","v0.6.1","v0.6.0","v0.5.1","v0.5.0","v0.4.2","v0.4.1","v0.4.0","v0.3.0","v0.2.8","v0.2.7","v0.2.6","v0.2.5","v0.2.4","v0.2.3","v0.2.2","v0.2.1","v0.2.0","v0.1.0"],"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-54055.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:L"}]}