CVE-2025-55294 json
Command Injection via `format` option in screenshot-desktop
published 2025-08-19 14 mo ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also GHSA-gjx4-2c7g-fm94 , EUVD-2025-25196
- cvss
- 9.8
- version 3.1, CNA
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 1.4%
- EPSS 1.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 73%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
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.
Patch / fix
CISA SSVC
- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- total
- Assessed
- 14 mo ago
Exploit prediction
1.44% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 73% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CNA | 3.1 | 9.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| GitHub | 3.1 | 9.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
Affected packages
| ecosystem | package | affected | fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| npm | screenshot-desktop | <1.15.2 |
1.15.2 |
Affected products
- bencevans screenshot-desktop
Classification
- Weakness
-
- CWE-77 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in a Command
References
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2025-55294
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-gjx4-2c7g-fm94
- NVD CVE-2025-55294
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