Ubuntu 26.04 LTS : KCoreAddons vulnerability (USN-8857-1)

The remote Ubuntu 26.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-8857-1 advisory. It was discovered that KCoreAddons incorrectly handled shell argument quoting in KShell::quoteArgs. The parsing did not adequately handle shell metacharacters,...

USN-8857-1 kf6-kcoreaddons vulnerability

It was discovered that KCoreAddons incorrectly handled shell argument quoting in KShell::quoteArgs. The parsing did not adequately handle shell metacharacters, which could lead to a shell escape. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary commands in applications that relied o...

USN-8857-1: KCoreAddons vulnerability

It was discovered that KCoreAddons incorrectly handled shell argument quoting in KShell::quoteArgs. The parsing did not adequately handle shell metacharacters, which could lead to a shell escape. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary commands in applications that relied o...

PT-2026-104822

It was discovered that KCoreAddons incorrectly handled shell argument quoting in KShell::quoteArgs. The parsing did not adequately handle shell metacharacters, which could lead to a shell escape. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary commands in applications that relied o...

OESA-2026-4166 kf5-kcoreaddons security update

KCoreAddons provides classes built on top of QtCore to perform various tasks such as manipulating mime types, autosaving files, creating backup files, generating random sequences, performing text manipulations such as macro replacement, accessing user information and many more. Security Fixes: In...

CVE-2026-41526 affecting package kf-kcoreaddons for versions less than 5.249.0-2

CVE-2026-41526 affecting package kf-kcoreaddons for versions less than 5.249.0-2. A patched version of the package is available...

OESA-2026-2604 kf5-kcoreaddons security update

KCoreAddons provides classes built on top of QtCore to perform various tasks such as manipulating mime types, autosaving files, creating backup files, generating random sequences, performing text manipulations such as macro replacement, accessing user information and many more. Security Fixes: In...

openSUSE 16 Security Update : kf6-kcoreaddons (openSUSE-SU-2026:20701-1)

The remote openSUSE 16 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the openSUSE- SU-2026:20701-1 advisory. Changes in kf6-kcoreaddons: - CVE-2026-41526: Fixed arbitrary code execution via improper shell argument quoting boo1263441 Tenable has extracted the...

OPENSUSE-SU-2026:20701-1 Security update for kf6-kcoreaddons

This update for kf6-kcoreaddons fixes the following issues: Changes in kf6-kcoreaddons: - CVE-2026-41526: Fixed arbitrary code execution via improper shell argument quoting boo1263441...

Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-41526

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available. - 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...

CVE-2026-41526

A flaw was found in KDE KCoreAddons. The KShell::quoteArgs function, intended to safely quote arguments for shell commands, does not properly handle special characters. This vulnerability allows an attacker to inject control characters, such as \x01, leading to an escape from the shell...

CVE-2026-41526

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 t...

DEBIAN-CVE-2026-41526

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 t...

AZL-85232 CVE-2026-41526 affecting package kf-kcoreaddons for versions less than 5.249.0-2

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 t...

CVE-2026-41526

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 t...

CVE-2026-41526

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 t...

KCoreAddons security vulnerabilities

KCoreAddons is an open-source toolset based on QtCore, published on the KDE GitHub mirror. Versions of KCoreAddons prior to 6.25 contained security vulnerabilities. These vulnerabilities stemmed from the KShell::quoteArgs method not properly handling metacharacters, which could allow exploitation...

CVE-2026-41526

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 t...

CVE-2026-41526: Improper Neutralization of Escape, Meta, or Control Sequences

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 t...

CVE-2026-41526

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 t...