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Vulnerability · CVE-2025-55294

screenshot-desktop allows capturing a screenshot of your local machine.

Published Aug 19, 2025 · catalog updated Aug 19, 2025 · screenshot-desktop allows capturing a

Last checked Oct 29, 2026. A connected source was read within the last 7 days.

Check if you run it

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-55294. EPSS is 1.44%. Act only if a listed version of screenshot-desktop allows capturing a is installed.

Gaps on this record

  • The stored product name is a package slug. The name on this page is taken from the title (screenshot-desktop allows capturing a).
  • No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.
Severity
Critical9.8
Known exploitation
Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
1.44%
Remediation
Version ranges on file
Affected products
vendor bencevans screenshot-desktop < 1.15.2

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.

Are you affected?

Enter the version you run. The result uses only the ranges stored on this record.

The check returns affected, not affected, or incomplete. It does not guess a version that is missing from the record.

  • vendor bencevans screenshot-desktop < 1.15.2< 1.15.2

How to fix CVE-2025-55294

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-55294. EPSS is 1.44%. Act only if a listed version of screenshot-desktop allows capturing a is installed.

Which versions are affected?

Compare what you have installed with bencevans screenshot-desktop < 1.15.2 < 1.15.2. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.

What should an analyst verify?

No weakness class is stored. EPSS 1.44%. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Code

The project this record applies to. Exploit listings stay in References.

Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Aug 19, 2025 · EUVD

    Detected

    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.

  2. Aug 19, 2025 · EUVD

    Updated

    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.

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2025-55294

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2025-55294

    30-day exploitation probability 1.44%

    first.org
  • EUVDVulnerability recordEUVD-2025-25196

    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 resu

    euvd.enisa.europa.eu

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 29, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.

  • FIRST EPSSOct 23, 2026
  • CVE.orgOct 22, 2026
  • EUVDOct 22, 2026