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Medium · 5.1 CVE-2026-62294 EUVD-2026-44675

Flameshot: OCTOU symlink attack via predictable /tmp path in Flameshot "Open With"

Published Jul 15, 2026 · Updated Jul 15, 2026 · Assigned by GitHub_M

Description

Flameshot is powerful yet simple to use screenshot software. Prior to 14.0.0, the Open With feature wrote screenshots to a predictable temporary path and followed symlinks, creating a time-of-check to time-of-use race that allowed a local unprivileged attacker on the same machine to pre-plant a symlink and cause Flameshot to write PNG data through it, overwriting any file the victim user could write. This issue is fixed in version 14.0.0.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
flameshot-org flameshot < 14.0.0 —

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 flameshot 14.0.0-1 —
Debian 13 flameshot No fix yet —
Debian 12 flameshot No fix yet —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 26.04 LTS flameshot No fix yet —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS flameshot No fix yet —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS flameshot No fix yet —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS flameshot No fix yet —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS flameshot No fix yet —

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