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High · 7.5 CVE-2026-44296 EUVD-2026-29847

Deskflow: TLS multiplexer DoS on failed `SSL_accept`

Published May 12, 2026 · Updated May 13, 2026 · Assigned by GitHub_M

Description

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.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
deskflow deskflow < 1.26.0.167 —

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 14 deskflow 1.26.0+dfsg-3 —
Debian 13 deskflow No fix yet —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 26.10 deskflow No fix yet —
Ubuntu 26.04 LTS deskflow No fix yet —
Ubuntu 25.10 deskflow No fix yet —

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