CVE-2026-25792

Greenshot Vulnerable to OS Command Injection via ExternalCommand Plugin

State
Published
Severity
6.5 Medium
Published
Mar 20, 2026
Updated
Mar 24, 2026
Reserved
Feb 5, 2026

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Description

Greenshot is an open source Windows screenshot utility. Versions 1.3.312 and below have untrusted executable search path / binary hijacking vulnerability that allows a local attacker to execute arbitrary code when the affected Windows application launches explorer.exe without using an absolute path. The vulnerable behavior is triggered when the user double-clicks the application’s tray icon, which opens the directory containing the most recent screenshot captured by the application. By placing a malicious executable with the same name in a location searched prior to the legitimate Windows binary, an attacker can gain code execution in the context of the application. This issue did not have a patch at the time of publication.

Scores

CVSSScoreVectorSource
3.16.5 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HGitHub_M

Weaknesses

Affected Products

ProductVersions
greenshotgreenshot
  • <= 1.3.312Affected

References

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