# CVE-2026-41526

> Vulnerability · severity: **MEDIUM** (CVSS 6.5).

## Description

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.

## Key facts

- **CVE ID:** CVE-2026-41526
- **Published:** 2026-04-28
- **CVSS severity:** MEDIUM
- **CVSS base score:** 6.5
- **CWE codes:** CWE-150

## Affected products

- `kde:kcoreaddons`

## Primary sources

- NIST NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-41526

## Citation

> AI Analytics. CVE-2026-41526. Retrieved 2026-07-15 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/cve/CVE-2026-41526. Derived from NIST NVD. Licensed CC0.

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