Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-80432
| Reporter | Title | Published | Views | Family All 14 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2026-80432 | 25 Sep 202616:22 | – | cve | |
| CVE-2026-80432 Missing authorization in the kitty drag and drop protocol allows a client to obtain dragged file contents without a drop | 25 Sep 202616:22 | – | cvelist | |
| CVE-2026-80432 | 25 Sep 202616:22 | – | debiancve | |
| EUVD-2026-87226 | 25 Sep 202616:22 | – | euvd | |
| CVE-2026-80432 | 25 Sep 202617:17 | – | nvd | |
| CVE-2026-80432 Missing authorization in the kitty drag and drop protocol allows a client to obtain dragged file contents without a drop | 25 Sep 202616:22 | – | osv_cve | |
| DEBIAN-CVE-2026-80432 | 25 Sep 202617:17 | – | osv_debian | |
| UBUNTU-CVE-2026-80432 | 25 Sep 202617:17 | – | osv_ubuntu | |
| PT-2026-98927 | 25 Sep 202600:00 | – | ptsecurity | |
| CVE-2026-80432: Missing Authorization | 25 Sep 202600:00 | – | rapid7 |
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| Source | Link |
|---|---|
| security-tracker | www.security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-80432 |
| ubuntu | www.ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-80432 |
| cve | www.cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi |
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- Missing Authorization in the drop handling path of the drag and drop protocol in kitty from 0.47.0 before
0.49.0 allows a program writing to the terminal to obtain the contents of files dragged over the window
even when the user never completes the drop, because drop_enqueue_request() in kitty/dnd.c serves a drag
data request without first checking the drop state of the window, so a client that issues the request
while a drag is merely hovering receives the data offered for the drag. In the same file,
drop_left_child(), which runs when the drag leaves the window without a drop having occurred, releases the
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is in progress. The file contents are read from the filesystem by the kitty process itself using the paths
the drag source offered. This results in disclosure of the contents of files the user moved over the
window without ever releasing them into it. (CVE-2026-80432)
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