An issue was discovered in KTextEditor 5.34.0 through 5.45.0
Published Apr 25, 2018
7.8
HIGHCVSS 3.0
EPSS 0.38%
Description
An issue was discovered in KTextEditor 5.34.0 through 5.45.0. Insecure handling of temporary files in the KTextEditor's kauth_ktexteditor_helper service (as utilized in the Kate text editor) can allow other unprivileged users on the local system to gain root privileges. The attack occurs when one user (who has an unprivileged account but is also able to authenticate as root) writes a text file using Kate into a directory owned by a another unprivileged user. The latter unprivileged user conducts a symlink attack to achieve privilege escalation.
Affected products
No data.
- ≥ 5.34.0 · ≤ 5.45.0
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 4, 2026.
Score over time
2021-2026- EPSS v1
- EPSS v5
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
Percentile over time
- EPSS v1
- EPSS v5
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
Table of values (10 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed. Showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 4, 2026 | 0.38% (0.00380) | 29.66th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Sep 20, 2026 | 0.39% (0.00387) | 32.69th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jul 20, 2024 | 0.05% (0.00052) | 21.27th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 1, 2024 | 0.05% (0.00052) | 20.51th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Sep 3, 2023 | 0.05% (0.00052) | 18.51th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.04% (0.00044) | 10.26th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 0.89% (0.00890) | 30.33th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 0.89% (0.00890) | 12.04th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 3, 2022 | 0.83% (0.00833) | 24.58th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Apr 14, 2021 | 0.83% (0.00833) | 0.00th | v1 |
References (3)
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/04/24/1 x_refsource_MISCMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/07/09/3 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1033055 x_refsource_MISCIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/04/24/1 | x_refsource_MISCMailing ListThird Party Advisory | |
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/07/09/3 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST | |
| https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1033055 | x_refsource_MISCIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory |
Change history (0)
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