CVE-2026-41477 | deskflow up to 1.20.0/1.26.0.134 missing authentication (GHSA-6rx5-g478-775c / EUVD-2026-25623)

VDB-359569 · CVE-2026-41477 · GHSA-6RX5-G478-775C DESKFLOW UP TO 1.20.0/1.26.0.134 MISSING AUTHENTICATION HISTORYDIFFRELATEJSONXMLCTI CVSS Meta Temp Score Current Exploit Price (≈) CTI Interest Score 6.8 $0-$5k 3.38+ Summaryinfo A vulnerability was found in deskflow up to 1.20.0/1.26.0.134. It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. This manipulation causes missing authentication. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2026-41477. The attack can only be executed locally. There is no exploit available. Detailsinfo A vulnerability classified as critical was found in deskflow up to 1.20.0/1.26.0.134. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown function. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a missing authentication vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-306. The product does not perform any authentication for functionality that requires a provable user identity or consumes a significant amount of resources. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is: 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. The advisory is shared at github.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2026-41477 since 04/20/2026. The exploitation appears to be easy. An attack has to be approached locally. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product. The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2026-25623). Productinfo Name deskflow Version 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 1.16 1.17 1.18 1.19 1.20.0 1.26.0.134 Website Product: https://github.com/deskflow/deskflow/ CPE 2.3info 🔒 🔒 🔒 CPE 2.2info 🔒 🔒 🔒 CVSSv4info VulDB Vector: 🔒 VulDB Reliability: 🔍 CVSSv3info VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.8 VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.8 VulDB Base Score: 5.9 VulDB Temp Score: 5.9 VulDB Vector: 🔒 VulDB Reliability: 🔍 CNA Base Score: 7.8 CNA Vector (GitHub_M): 🔒 CVSSv2info Vector Complexity Authentication Confidentiality Integrity Availability Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock VulDB Base Score: 🔒 VulDB Temp Score: 🔒 VulDB Reliability: 🔍 Exploitinginfo Class: Missing authentication CWE: CWE-306 / CWE-287 CAPEC: 🔒 ATT&CK: 🔒 Physical: Partially Local: Yes Remote: No Availability: 🔒 Status: Not defined Price Prediction: 🔍 Current Price Estimation: 🔒 0-Day Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock Today Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock Threat Intelligenceinfo Interest: 🔍 Active Actors: 🔍 Active APT Groups: 🔍 Countermeasuresinfo Recommended: no mitigation known Status: 🔍 0-Day Time: 🔒 Timelineinfo 04/20/2026 CVE reserved 04/24/2026 +4 days Advisory disclosed 04/24/2026 +0 days VulDB entry created 04/25/2026 +0 days VulDB entry last update Sourcesinfo Product: github.com Advisory: GHSA-6rx5-g478-775c Status: Confirmed CVE: CVE-2026-41477 (🔒) GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2026-41477 GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-359569 EUVD: 🔒 Entryinfo Created: 04/24/2026 23:08 Updated: 04/25/2026 00:52 Changes: 04/24/2026 23:08 (61), 04/25/2026 00:52 (1) Complete: 🔍 Cache ID: 99:DD2:101 Discussion No comments yet. Languages: en. Please log in to comment. ◂ PreviousOverviewNext ▸