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CVE-2025-55294

bencevans screenshot-desktop — Command Injection via `format` option in screenshot-desktop

EPSS 1%CVSS 9.8
critical.is priorityof 100
44
CVSS 9.8 (CNA)9.8 / 10 × 3029.4Not in CISA KEV+300.0EPSS percentile 73.2.732 × 2014.6No public exploit+100.0SSVC exploitation: none+100.0
Description · from the CVE record

screenshot-desktop allows capturing a screenshot of your local machine. This vulnerability is a command injection issue. When user-controlled input is passed into the format option of the screenshot function, it is interpolated into a shell command without sanitization. This results in arbitrary command execution with the privileges of the calling process. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.15.2.

Affected

ProductAffectedFixed inSource
screenshot-desktop< 1.15.2–CNA

Scores by source

GitHub_M (CNA)9.8CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CISA ADPSSVCExploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: total

References

refgithub.com/bencevans/screenshot-desktop/security/advisories/GHSA-gjx4-2c7g-fm94refgithub.com/bencevans/screenshot-desktop/commit/59c87b0c175eec76090e6ccde313f4fc5d569b78