CVE-2022-27817: Exposure of Resource to Wrong Sphere in Simple-Wayland-HotKey-Daemon

April 15, 2022 (updated April 26, 2022)

SWHKD 1.1.5 consumes the keyboard events of unintended users. This could potentially cause an information leak, but is usually a denial of functionality.

References

github.com/advisories/GHSA-h5wh-7h2j-h999
github.com/waycrate/swhkd
github.com/waycrate/swhkd/releases
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-27817
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/04/14/1

Code Behaviors & Features

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