It is a recent regression in Konsole (introduced somewhen on >=2018-05-09). Steps to reproduce: 1. Find some longer word or write it (e.g. "aaaaaaaaaa") 2. Double-click this word to select it, keep mouse button pressed and move mouse cursor to the right This results in additonally selecting text (often whitespace) located right to mouse cursor. The longer the word, the easier to notice this problem.
Probably fixed with https://phabricator.kde.org/D12939
Problem still present with current git HEAD (revision 5128781a824c26dc2746650fea0ae9f95861b9d8).
Fixed most likely in commit f24aa818f97b6bebdcc4ce62c927994232b6f282. https://cgit.kde.org/konsole.git/commit/?id=f24aa818f97b6bebdcc4ce62c927994232b6f282
OK, thanks for the feedback.