Index: autotests/src/kateview_test.h
===================================================================
--- autotests/src/kateview_test.h
+++ autotests/src/kateview_test.h
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@
     void testFoldFirstLine();
 
     void testDragAndDrop();
+    void testGotoMatchingBracket();
 };
 
 #endif // KATE_VIEW_TEST_H
Index: autotests/src/kateview_test.cpp
===================================================================
--- autotests/src/kateview_test.cpp
+++ autotests/src/kateview_test.cpp
@@ -430,4 +430,41 @@
     QCOMPARE(view->selectionRange(), Range(2, 0, 3, 0));
 }
 
+// test for bug https://bugs.kde.org/402594
+void KateViewTest::testGotoMatchingBracket()
+{
+    KTextEditor::DocumentPrivate doc(false, false);
+    doc.setText("foo(bar)baz");
+    //           0123456789
+
+    KTextEditor::ViewPrivate *view = new KTextEditor::ViewPrivate(&doc, nullptr);
+    const KTextEditor::Cursor cursor1(0, 3); // Starting point on open (
+    const KTextEditor::Cursor cursor2(0, 8); // Insert Mode differ slightly from...
+    const KTextEditor::Cursor cursor3(0, 7); // Overwrite Mode
+
+    doc.config()->setOvr(false); // Insert Mode
+
+    view->setCursorPosition(cursor1);
+    view->toMatchingBracket();
+    QCOMPARE(view->cursorPosition(), cursor2);
+    view->toMatchingBracket();
+    QCOMPARE(view->cursorPosition(), cursor1);
+
+    // Currently has it in Insert Mode also to work when the cursor is placed inside the parentheses
+    view->setCursorPosition(cursor1 + KTextEditor::Cursor(0, 1));
+    view->toMatchingBracket();
+    QCOMPARE(view->cursorPosition(), cursor2);
+    view->setCursorPosition(cursor2 + KTextEditor::Cursor(0, -1));
+    view->toMatchingBracket();
+    QCOMPARE(view->cursorPosition(), cursor1);
+
+    doc.config()->setOvr(true);// Overwrite Mode
+
+    view->setCursorPosition(cursor1);
+    view->toMatchingBracket();
+    QCOMPARE(view->cursorPosition(), cursor3);
+    view->toMatchingBracket();
+    QCOMPARE(view->cursorPosition(), cursor1);
+}
+
 // kate: indent-mode cstyle; indent-width 4; replace-tabs on;
Index: src/view/kateviewinternal.cpp
===================================================================
--- src/view/kateviewinternal.cpp
+++ src/view/kateviewinternal.cpp
@@ -868,6 +868,10 @@
 
     if (m_bmStart->toRange().contains(m_cursor) || m_bmStart->end() == m_cursor.toCursor()) {
         c = m_bmEnd->end();
+        // We need to adjust the cursor positon in case of override mode, BUG-402594
+        if (doc()->config()->ovr()) {
+            c.setColumn(c.column() - 1);
+        }
     } else if (m_bmEnd->toRange().contains(m_cursor) || m_bmEnd->end() == m_cursor.toCursor()) {
         c = m_bmStart->start();
     } else {