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CVE-2026-41477
Deskflow is a keyboard and mouse sharing app. In 1.20.0, 1.26.0.134, and earlier, Deskflow daemon runs as SYSTEM and exposes an IPC named pipe with WorldAccessOption enabled. The daemon processes privileged commands without authentication, allowing any local unprivileged user to execute arbitrary commands as SYSTEM. Affects both stable v1.20.0 + and Continuous v1.26.0.134 prerelease.
Known exploited
Not asserted
Disputed
No
Stale source
No
Conflicts
1
Preserved source conflicts
No provider value was silently selected as the winner.
cwe · 2 assertions
{"cweId":"CWE-306","description":"CWE-306: Missing Authentication for Critical Function","lang":"en","type":"CWE"}
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{"cweId":"CWE-862","description":"CWE-862: Missing Authorization","lang":"en","type":"CWE"}
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Affected products and versions
1 source assertion{"product":"deskflow","vendor":"deskflow","versions":[{"status":"affected","version":"<= 1.26.0.134"},{"status":"affected","version":"<= 1.20.0"}]}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5affectedurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:3a61eba33570e67bd68af2c8452ecb7bed2a02dcece074420f26f84dbe511389 · sha256:b43a82a78a1caf7c… · /containers/cna/affected/0
Provider-owned CVSS observations
1 source assertion{"metric":{"attackComplexity":"LOW","attackVector":"LOCAL","availabilityImpact":"HIGH","baseScore":7.8,"baseSeverity":"HIGH","confidentialityImpact":"HIGH","integrityImpact":"HIGH","privilegesRequired":"LOW","scope":"UNCHANGED","userInteraction":"NONE","vectorString":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","version":"3.1"},"metric_type":"cvssV3_1"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5cvssurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:3a61eba33570e67bd68af2c8452ecb7bed2a02dcece074420f26f84dbe511389 · sha256:b43a82a78a1caf7c… · /containers/cna/metrics/0/cvssV3_1
CWE assertions
2 source assertions{"cweId":"CWE-306","description":"CWE-306: Missing Authentication for Critical Function","lang":"en","type":"CWE"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5cweurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:3a61eba33570e67bd68af2c8452ecb7bed2a02dcece074420f26f84dbe511389 · sha256:b43a82a78a1caf7c… · /containers/cna/problemTypes/0/descriptions/0
{"cweId":"CWE-862","description":"CWE-862: Missing Authorization","lang":"en","type":"CWE"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5cweurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:3a61eba33570e67bd68af2c8452ecb7bed2a02dcece074420f26f84dbe511389 · sha256:b43a82a78a1caf7c… · /containers/cna/problemTypes/1/descriptions/0
Source references
2 source assertions{"name":"https://github.com/deskflow/deskflow/security/advisories/GHSA-6rx5-g478-775c","tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM"],"url":"https://github.com/deskflow/deskflow/security/advisories/GHSA-6rx5-g478-775c"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5referenceurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:3a61eba33570e67bd68af2c8452ecb7bed2a02dcece074420f26f84dbe511389 · sha256:b43a82a78a1caf7c… · /containers/cna/references/0
{"tags":["exploit"],"url":"https://github.com/deskflow/deskflow/security/advisories/GHSA-6rx5-g478-775c"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5referenceurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:3a61eba33570e67bd68af2c8452ecb7bed2a02dcece074420f26f84dbe511389 · sha256:b43a82a78a1caf7c… · /containers/adp/0/references/0
Attribution and limitations
- CVE Program CVEList V5: Reproduce the MITRE copyright designation and CVE license in copies. Source →
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