What is CVE-2026-44296?

CVE-2026-44296 is a high-severity vulnerability in Deskflow, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2026-05-12.

How severe is CVE-2026-44296?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Resource exhaustion in Deskflow

CVE-2026-44296

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…

Vulnerability class: DoS (Denial of Service)

EPSS: 0.001 (16.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Deskflow — versions < 1.26.0.167

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

security-advisories@github.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM)
security-advisories@github.com (x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-44296?: CVE-2026-44296 is a high-severity vulnerability in Deskflow, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2026-05-12.
How severe is CVE-2026-44296?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.