CVE-2026-41477
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Vulnerability report for CVE-2026-41477, including description, CVSS score, EPSS score, affected products, exploitability, helpful resources, and attack-flow context.
Publication date: 2026-04-24
Last updated on: 2026-04-28
Assigner: GitHub, Inc.
Description
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.
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Meta Information
Affected Vendors & Products
| Vendor | Product | Version / Range |
|---|---|---|
| deskflow | deskflow | From 1.20.0 (inc) to 1.26.0.161 (inc) |
Helpful Resources
Exploitability
CWE
KEV
| CWE ID | Description |
|---|---|
| CWE-306 | The product does not perform any authentication for functionality that requires a provable user identity or consumes a significant amount of resources. |
| CWE-862 | The product does not perform an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action. |
