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kf5-kcoreaddons security update

Type: advisorySources: OSV

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 Fix(es): 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 to handle user input are affected and could be exploited. In particular, because sendInput() sends a string to a terminal, a control character such as \x01 can be used during injection.(CVE-2026-41526)

Products
kf5-kcoreaddons
Affected versions
Not specified
Fixed versions
5.113.0-3.oe2403sp3
CVEs
CVE-2026-41526
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
30 Oct 2026, 20:39 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

kf5-kcoreaddons security update

core-osv · Original source

Published 16 Oct 2026, 11:58 UTC

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 Fix(es): 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 to handle user input are affected and could be exploited. In particular, because sendInput() sends a string to a terminal, a control character such as \x01 can be used during injection.(CVE-2026-41526)

osv:OESA-2026-4234

kf5-kcoreaddons

Fixed versions: 5.113.0-3.oe2403sp3

Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/OESA-2026-4234",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "kf5-kcoreaddons security update",
    "summary": "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 Fix(es): 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 to handle user input are affected and could be exploited. In particular, because sendInput() sends a string to a terminal, a control character such as \\x01 can be used during injection.(CVE-2026-41526)",
    "evidence": "osv:OESA-2026-4234",
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      {
        "name": {
          "value": "kf5-kcoreaddons",
          "evidence": "/affected/0/package/name"
        },
        "prerequisites": [],
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          "type": "CVSS_V3",
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              "kf5-kcoreaddons-debugsource-5.113.0-3.oe2403sp3.x86_64.rpm",
              "kf5-kcoreaddons-devel-5.113.0-3.oe2403sp3.x86_64.rpm"
            ],
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              "kf5-kcoreaddons-debuginfo-5.113.0-3.oe2403sp3.aarch64.rpm",
              "kf5-kcoreaddons-debugsource-5.113.0-3.oe2403sp3.aarch64.rpm",
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      "modified": "2026-10-16T12:15:04.291020376Z",
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        "https://www.openeuler.org/zh/security/security-bulletins/detail/?id=openEuler-SA-2026-4234",
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      ],
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  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 340746,
  "published_at": "2026-10-16T11:58:26+00:00"
}