# CVE-2025-55294: Command Injection via `format` option in screenshot-desktop

> Attackers can execute arbitrary commands by injecting malicious input into the format option of the screenshot function in this Node.js library.

- **Severity:** Critical 9.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 19 Aug 2025
- **Updated:** 19 Aug 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-gjx4-2c7g-fm94

## What is CVE-2025-55294?

CVE-2025-55294 is a critical command injection vulnerability in bencevans screenshot-desktop, published on 19 Aug 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

screenshot-desktop allows capturing a screenshot of your local machine. This vulnerability is a command injection issue. When user-controlled input is passed into the format option of the screenshot function, it is interpolated into a shell command without sanitization. This results in arbitrary command execution with the privileges of the calling process. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.15.2.

Weakness: CWE-77 (Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in a Command)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-55294?

2 open source packages ship an affected version, including screenshot-desktop.


| Package | Ecosystem | Affected | Fixed in |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `screenshot-desktop` | npm | All versions | 1.15.2 |
| `screenshot-desktop` | npm | All versions | 1.15.2 |

## How do I fix CVE-2025-55294?

Upgrade screenshot-desktop to 1.15.2 or later.

## Is CVE-2025-55294 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-55294 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-55294 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-55294 is a critical command injection vulnerability in bencevans screenshot-desktop, published on 19 Aug 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-55294 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected packages and fixed versions:
- screenshot-desktop (npm): affected all versions; fixed in 1.15.2
- screenshot-desktop (npm): affected all versions; fixed in 1.15.2

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-55294/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-55294/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-55294
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-55294
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-55294

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-55294/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.