CVE-2026-41477

HIGH

Deskflow: Local privilege escalation via unauthenticated IPC

Title source: cna
STIX 2.1

Description

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.

References (1)

Core 1
Core References

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8
EPSS 0.0022
EPSS Percentile 12.1%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation poc
Automatable no
Technical Impact total

Details

CWE
CWE-306 CWE-862
Status published
Products (3)
deskflow/deskflow 1.20.0 - 1.26.0.161
deskflow/deskflow <= 1.20.0
deskflow/deskflow <= 1.26.0.134
Published Apr 24, 2026
Tracked Since Apr 24, 2026