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CVE-2026-41477: Deskflow: Local privilege escalation via unauthenticated IPC

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2026-04-24 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-306

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.

Affected products

• deskflow: from 1.20.0 through 1.26.0.161

References

• https://github.com/deskflow/deskflow/security/advisories/GHSA-6rx5-g478-775c
• https://github.com/deskflow/deskflow/security/advisories/GHSA-6rx5-g478-775c

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