What is CVE-2026-41525?

CVE-2026-41525 is a medium-severity vulnerability in KDE Dolphin, classified under Incorrect Resource Transfer Between Spheres. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2026-04-28.

How severe is CVE-2026-41525?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in KDE Dolphin

CVE-2026-41525

KDE Dolphin before 25.12.3 allows applications in a Flatpak (or with AppArmor confinement) to open folders outside of the application sandbox without additional scrutiny. Dolphin's implementation of the FileManager1 protocol allows the path given to be any type of file, including scripts or executables. (By default, Dolphin will then prompt the user to determine if they want to launch a script or executable; however, the intended behavior is to block the attempted action, not present a consent prompt.)

EPSS: 0.001 (2.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L.

Affected products

Kde Dolphin — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-669 — Incorrect Resource Transfer Between Spheres

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-41525?: CVE-2026-41525 is a medium-severity vulnerability in KDE Dolphin, classified under Incorrect Resource Transfer Between Spheres. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2026-04-28.
How severe is CVE-2026-41525?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.