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CVE-2022-27817

Exposure of Resource to Wrong Sphere in Simple-Wayland-HotKey-Daemon

4.4 Medium

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.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges needed
Low
User interaction
None

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
None
Availability
Low

Exploit likelihood

0.45%Down 0.4 points since Apr 15, 2022
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 4.4

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.

Record
CVE-2022-27817
CVSS 3.1
4.4 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L
CVSS 2.0
3.6 LowAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P
Weakness
CWE-668
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List No score

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.

Record
CVE-2022-27817
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2022-1754 No score

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.

Record
EUVD-2022-1754
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-h5wh-7h2j-h999 4.4

Exposure of Resource to Wrong Sphere in Simple-Wayland-HotKey-Daemon

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.

Record
GHSA-h5wh-7h2j-h999
CVSS 3.1
4.4 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L
Weakness
CWE-668
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVGHSA-h5wh-7h2j-h999 4.4

Exposure of Resource to Wrong Sphere in Simple-Wayland-HotKey-Daemon

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.

Record
GHSA-h5wh-7h2j-h999
CVSS 3.1
4.4 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L
Weakness
CWE-668
Updated
2026-11-02
OSV No score

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.

Record
CVE-2022-27817
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
Simple-Wayland-HotKey-Daemon
crates.io
through 1.1.5 None known

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
aliasesEUVD
first indexedCVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2022-27817 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 4.4) in Waycrate Swhkd, published April 14, 2022. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.45%, the 39th percentile. No source names a fixed version.

References

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