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TI-2026-32267 Aliases CVE-2026-44296

Deskflow: TLS multiplexer DoS on failed `SSL_accept`

Priority LOW 39CWE-400Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Denial of service
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · None · High
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-400.

Summary

Deskflow is a keyboard and mouse sharing app. Prior to 1.26.0.167, a remote, unauthenticated denial of service (DoS) vulnerability affects Deskflow servers running with TLS enabled (the default). When any TCP peer connects to the listening port and its first bytes do not parse as a valid TLS ClientHello, SecureSocket::secureAccept enters its fatal-error branch and calls Arch::sleep(1) (a blocking 1-second sleep) on the multiplexer worker thread. That thread services every socket on the server, including established TLS clients delivering mouse motion, keyboard events, and clipboard updates. A single failed handshake therefore stalls input delivery to all connected screens for ~1 second, and a sustained drip of malformed connections (≥ 1/s) makes the server effectively unusable while the attack persists. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.26.0.167.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00279 20th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed deskflow (deskflow): 1.26.0.167

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
Automatable
Yes
Technical impact
Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
deskflowdeskflowbefore 1.26.0.1671.26.0.167Patch availableCNA
  • deskflow Vendordeskflow Affected before 1.26.0.167 Fixed in 1.26.0.167 Patch available CNA

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA deskflow (deskflow) Fixed in 1.26.0.167

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

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Not affected: 1 product
  • Red Hat

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-44296

References

  • TI-2026-46910 Out-of-bounds read in deskflow CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.2
  • TI-2026-45196 Deskflow: Odd-length DSOP options vector causes out-of-bounds read in Deskflow client CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.2
  • TI-2026-30065 Deskflow: Local privilege escalation via unauthenticated IPC CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
  • TI-2026-30064 Deskflow: clipboard deserialization global-buffer-overflow CVSS 4.0HIGH 7.4
  • TI-2026-46991 Deskflow: Clipboard receiver can accumulate data beyond Deskflow's configured clipboard size limit CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5

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