A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: - Ubuntu 26.04 LTS - Ubuntu 25.10 - Ubuntu 24.04 LTS - Ubuntu 22.04 LTS - Ubuntu 20.04 LTS Summary: Several security issues were fixed in kitty. Software Description: - kitty: The fast, feature-rich, GPU based terminal emulator Details: It was discovered that kitty incorrectly handled certain image data. An attacker able to write to the terminal's input could possibly use this issue to cause kitty to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2026-33633) It was discovered that kitty incorrectly handled certain graphics commands. An attacker able to write escape sequences to a kitty terminal could possibly use this issue to cause kitty to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2026-33642)
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 26.04 LTS kitty 0.45.0-1ubuntu0.1~esm1 Available with Ubuntu Pro kitty-shell-integration 0.45.0-1ubuntu0.1~esm1 Available with Ubuntu Pro Ubuntu 25.10 kitty 0.41.1-2+deb13u1build0.25.10.1 kitty-shell-integration 0.41.1-2+deb13u1build0.25.10.1 Ubuntu 24.04 LTS kitty 0.32.2-1ubuntu0.4+esm1 Available with Ubuntu Pro kitty-shell-integration 0.32.2-1ubuntu0.4+esm1 Available with Ubuntu Pro Ubuntu 22.04 LTS kitty 0.21.2-1ubuntu0.22.04.1+esm1 Available with Ubuntu Pro Ubuntu 20.04 LTS kitty 0.15.0-1ubuntu0.2+esm1 Available with Ubuntu Pro After a standard system update you need to restart kitty to make all the necessary changes.
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8442-1
CVE-2026-33633, CVE-2026-33642
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/kitty/0.41.1-2+deb13u1build0.25.10.1
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