Vulnerability Details 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.
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score
EPSS Score 0.001
EPSS Ranking 33.6%
CVSS Severity
CVSS v3 Score 7.8
CVSS v2 Score 6.8
Products affected by CVE-2022-23853
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cpe:2.3:a:kde:kate:21.08.3
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cpe:2.3:a:kde:kate:21.12.0
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cpe:2.3:a:kde:kate:21.12.1
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cpe:2.3:a:kde:ktexteditor:-
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cpe:2.3:a:kde:ktexteditor:4.100.0
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cpe:2.3:a:kde:ktexteditor:4.99.0
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cpe:2.3:a:kde:ktexteditor:5.0.0
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cpe:2.3:a:kde:ktexteditor:5.1.0
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cpe:2.3:a:kde:ktexteditor:5.10.0
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cpe:2.3:a:kde:ktexteditor:5.11.0
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cpe:2.3:a:kde:ktexteditor:5.12.0
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cpe:2.3:a:kde:ktexteditor:5.13.0
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cpe:2.3:a:kde:ktexteditor:5.14.0
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cpe:2.3:a:kde:ktexteditor:5.15.0
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cpe:2.3:a:kde:ktexteditor:5.16.0
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cpe:2.3:a:kde:ktexteditor:5.17.0
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cpe:2.3:a:kde:ktexteditor:5.18.0
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cpe:2.3:a:kde:ktexteditor:5.19.0
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cpe:2.3:a:kde:ktexteditor:5.2.0
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cpe:2.3:a:kde:ktexteditor:5.20.0
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cpe:2.3:a:kde:ktexteditor:5.21.0
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cpe:2.3:a:kde:ktexteditor:5.22.0
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cpe:2.3:a:kde:ktexteditor:5.23.0
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cpe:2.3:a:kde:ktexteditor:5.24.0
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cpe:2.3:a:kde:ktexteditor:5.25.0
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cpe:2.3:a:kde:ktexteditor:5.26.0
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cpe:2.3:a:kde:ktexteditor:5.27.0
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cpe:2.3:a:kde:ktexteditor:5.28.0
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cpe:2.3:a:kde:ktexteditor:5.29.0
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cpe:2.3:a:kde:ktexteditor:5.3.0
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cpe:2.3:a:kde:ktexteditor:5.30.0
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cpe:2.3:a:kde:ktexteditor:5.31.0
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cpe:2.3:a:kde:ktexteditor:5.32.0
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cpe:2.3:a:kde:ktexteditor:5.33.0
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cpe:2.3:a:kde:ktexteditor:5.34.0
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cpe:2.3:a:kde:ktexteditor:5.35.0
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cpe:2.3:a:kde:ktexteditor:5.36.0
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cpe:2.3:a:kde:ktexteditor:5.37.0
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cpe:2.3:a:kde:ktexteditor:5.38.0
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cpe:2.3:a:kde:ktexteditor:5.39.0
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cpe:2.3:a:kde:ktexteditor:5.4.0
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cpe:2.3:a:kde:ktexteditor:5.40.0
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cpe:2.3:a:kde:ktexteditor:5.41.0
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cpe:2.3:a:kde:ktexteditor:5.42.0
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cpe:2.3:a:kde:ktexteditor:5.43.0
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cpe:2.3:a:kde:ktexteditor:5.44.0
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cpe:2.3:a:kde:ktexteditor:5.45.0
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cpe:2.3:a:kde:ktexteditor:5.46.0
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cpe:2.3:a:kde:ktexteditor:5.47.0
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cpe:2.3:a:kde:ktexteditor:5.48.0
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cpe:2.3:a:kde:ktexteditor:5.49.0
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cpe:2.3:a:kde:ktexteditor:5.5.0
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cpe:2.3:a:kde:ktexteditor:5.50.0
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cpe:2.3:a:kde:ktexteditor:5.51.0
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cpe:2.3:a:kde:ktexteditor:5.52.0
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cpe:2.3:a:kde:ktexteditor:5.53.0
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cpe:2.3:a:kde:ktexteditor:5.54.0
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cpe:2.3:a:kde:ktexteditor:5.55.0
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cpe:2.3:a:kde:ktexteditor:5.56.0
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cpe:2.3:a:kde:ktexteditor:5.57.0
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cpe:2.3:a:kde:ktexteditor:5.58.0
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cpe:2.3:a:kde:ktexteditor:5.59.0
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cpe:2.3:a:kde:ktexteditor:5.6.0
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cpe:2.3:a:kde:ktexteditor:5.60.0
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cpe:2.3:a:kde:ktexteditor:5.61.0
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cpe:2.3:a:kde:ktexteditor:5.62.0
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cpe:2.3:a:kde:ktexteditor:5.7.0
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cpe:2.3:a:kde:ktexteditor:5.8.0
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cpe:2.3:a:kde:ktexteditor:5.9.0
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cpe:2.3:a:kde:ktexteditor:5.90.0