CVE-2025-49091
HIGHKDE Konsole < 25.04.2 - Remote Code Execution via URL Scheme Handler Fallback
Title source: llmDescription
KDE Konsole before 25.04.2 allows remote code execution in a certain scenario. It supports loading URLs from the scheme handlers such as a ssh:// or telnet:// or rlogin:// URL. This can be executed regardless of whether the ssh, telnet, or rlogin binary is available. In this mode, there is a code path where if that binary is not available, Konsole falls back to using /bin/bash for the given arguments (i.e., the URL) provided. This allows an attacker to execute arbitrary code.
References (7)
Core 7
Core References
Various Sources
https://invent.kde.org/utilities/konsole/-/tags
Various Sources
https://kde.org/info/security/advisory-20250609-1.txt
Various Sources
https://konsole.kde.org/changelog.html
Various Sources
https://proofnet.de/publikationen/konsole_rce.html
Scores
CVSS v3
8.2
EPSS
0.0055
EPSS Percentile
41.5%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:L
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical Impact
total
Details
CWE
CWE-670
Status
published
Products (1)
KDE/Konsole
< 25.04.2
Published
Jun 11, 2025
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026