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CVE-2025-55294

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Date: August 19, 2025

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.

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https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-55294
https://github.com/bencevans/screenshot-desktop/security/advisories/GHSA-gjx4-2c7g-fm94
https://github.com/bencevans/screenshot-desktop/commit/59c87b0c175eec76090e6ccde313f4fc5d569b78
https://github.com/bencevans/screenshot-desktop
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2025-55294

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Weakness Type (CWE)

Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in a Command ('Command Injection')

CWE-77

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CVSS v3.1

Base Score:
Attack Vector (AV): NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC): LOW
Privileges Required (PR): NONE
User Interaction (UI): NONE
Scope (S): UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C): HIGH
Integrity (I): HIGH
Availability (A): HIGH

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