Race Condition Affecting flameshot-org/flameshot package, versions [,14.0.0)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
low
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.14% (4th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-FLAMESHOTORGFLAMESHOT-18017863
  • published19 Jul 2026
  • disclosed15 Jul 2026
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 15 Jul 2026

CVE-2026-62294  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-362  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade flameshot-org/flameshot to version 14.0.0 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Race Condition via the Open With process. An attacker can overwrite arbitrary files accessible by the victim user by pre-placing a symlink in a predictable temporary directory, causing the application to write screenshot data through the symlink.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1