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.
History

Mon, 27 Apr 2026 20:45:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Deskflow
Deskflow deskflow
Vendors & Products Deskflow
Deskflow deskflow

Mon, 27 Apr 2026 14:15:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Fri, 24 Apr 2026 20:00:00 +0000

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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.
Title Deskflow: Local privilege escalation via unauthenticated IPC
Weaknesses CWE-306
CWE-862
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published: 2026-04-24T19:50:21.665Z

Updated: 2026-04-28T03:55:30.305Z

Reserved: 2026-04-20T16:14:19.005Z

Link: CVE-2026-41477

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-04-27T13:10:51.937Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2026-04-24T20:16:28.340

Modified: 2026-04-27T18:57:20.293

Link: CVE-2026-41477

cve-icon Redhat

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