Deskflow: Clipboard receiver can accumulate data beyond Deskflow's configured clipboard size limit
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- 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. From 1.17.0 until continuous build 1.26.0.300, a connected peer can send repeated DCLP DataChunk messages to ClipboardChunk::assemble() in src/lib/deskflow/ClipboardChunk.cpp, causing the server path in src/lib/server/ClientProxy1_6.cpp or client path in src/lib/client/ServerProxy.cpp to append data beyond the DataStart declared size and configured clipboard limit before DataEnd validation, exhausting receiver memory. This issue is fixed in continuous build 1.26.0.300.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
- Fix · CNA deskflow (deskflow) Fixed in 1.26.0.300
Vendor assessments
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-65976
References
More deskflow vulnerabilities
- 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-2026-32267 Deskflow: TLS multiplexer DoS on failed `SSL_accept` CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
Sources
- CVE-2026-65976 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-65976 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- CVE-2026-65976 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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