What is CVE-2022-23853?

CVE-2022-23853 is a high-severity vulnerability in Kde Kate, classified under Uncontrolled Search Path Element. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2022-02-11.

How severe is CVE-2022-23853?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Kde Kate

CVE-2022-23853

The LSP (Language Server Protocol) plugin in KDE Kate before 21.12.2 and KTextEditor before 5.91.0 tries to execute the associated LSP server binary when opening a file of a given type. If this binary is absent from the PATH, it will try running the LSP server binary in the directory of the file that was just opened (due to a misunderstanding of the QProcess API, that was never intended). This can be an untrusted directory.

EPSS: 0.009 (55.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Kde Kate
Kde Ktexteditor
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-427 — Uncontrolled Search Path Element

References

cve@mitre.org (Product, Vendor Advisory)
cve@mitre.org (Vendor Advisory)
cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-23853?: CVE-2022-23853 is a high-severity vulnerability in Kde Kate, classified under Uncontrolled Search Path Element. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2022-02-11.
How severe is CVE-2022-23853?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.