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Ubuntu 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS : Konsole vulnerability (USN-8752-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 345853

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Ubuntu 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-8752-1 advisory.

 It was discovered that Konsole incorrectly handled certain URLs under specific circumstances. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected konsole and / or konsole-kpart packages.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8752-1

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 345853

File Name: ubuntu_USN-8752-1.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/15/2026

Updated: 9/16/2026

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.7

Percentile: 99.02

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.3

Temporal Score: 5.7

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-49091

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.2

Temporal Score: 7.4

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:L

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:24.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:konsole-kpart, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:konsole

Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Debian/dpkg-l, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/14/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/11/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-49091

USN: 8752-1