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CVE-2025-55294

CRITICALCVSS 9.8/10EPSS 1.48%

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CVE-2025-55294 is a critical-severity vulnerability rated 9.8/10 on the CVSS scale. screenshot-desktop allows capturing a screenshot of your local machine. This vulnerability is a command injection issue. EPSS estimates a 1.48% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Description

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1
9.8/10

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS Probability
1.48%

70.6th percentile

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days. Learn more

Weakness Enumeration

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Timeline

Published
Last Modified
Status
Deferred

Frequently Asked Questions

What is CVE-2025-55294?
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.
How severe is CVE-2025-55294?
CVE-2025-55294 has a CVSS score of 9.8/10 (CRITICAL severity). The EPSS model estimates a 1.48% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.
How do I fix CVE-2025-55294?
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Source: NVD / NIST