TI-2022-10700 Aliases CVE-2022-27817 GHSA-h5wh-7h2j-h999

SWHKD 1.1.5 consumes the keyboard events of unintended users.

LOW 21CWE-668Published 2022-04-14 · Updated 2024-08-03

Key facts

Attack vector: Local
Privileges required: Low
User interaction: None
Attack complexity: Low
Impact type: —
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: Low · None · Low
Fix status: No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and GitHub.

Summary

SWHKD 1.1.5 consumes the keyboard events of unintended users. This could potentially cause an information leak, but is usually a denial of functionality.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.00451 39th percentileScored 2026-11-07

Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD

Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
—	—	all versions	—	No fix listed	CNA
—	Simple-Wayland-HotKey-Daemon (crates.io)	up to 1.1.5	—	No fix listed	GHSA-h5wh-7h2j-h999

— Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
Simple-Wayland-HotKey-Daemon (crates.io) Vendor— Affected up to 1.1.5 Fixed in — No fix listed GHSA-h5wh-7h2j-h999

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:waycrate:swhkd:1.1.5:::::::*	1.1.5	Vulnerable	Waycrate

cpe:2.3:a:waycrate:swhkd:1.1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.1.5 Vulnerable ·Waycrate

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2022-27817
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-h5wh-7h2j-h999

References

Exploit 1

https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/04/14/1

Advisory 2

Other 1

https://github.com/waycrate/swhkd

TI-2022-10701 SWHKD 1.1.5 unsafely uses the /tmp/swhkd.sock pathname. CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.1
TI-2022-10698 SWHKD 1.1.5 unsafely uses the /tmp/swhkd.pid pathname. CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
TI-2022-10699 SWHKD 1.1.5 unsafely uses the /tmp/swhks.pid pathname. CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.1
TI-2022-10702 SWHKD 1.1.5 allows unsafe parsing via the -c option. CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.3
TI-2022-10697 SWHKD 1.1.5 allows arbitrary file-existence tests via the -c option. CVSS 3.1LOW 3.3

Sources

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