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CVE-2022-27817 — Simple-Wayland-HotKey-Dae…

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CVE-2022-27817 is a medium-severity (CVSS 4.4) CWE-668 vulnerability in Simple-Wayland-HotKey-Daemon. 1 public exploit or proof-of-concept reference is indexed, so weaponization risk is real. The records list no fixed version yet; check the vendor advisory below and apply the mitigations in the meantime.

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

Also known asGHSA-h5wh-7h2j-h999
Published
Updated
Affected
1 pkg
Patched
See advisory
Exploits
1 known
Exploitation data as of Nov 10, 2026 · OSV.dev, NVD, FIRST.org (EPSS)

EPSS Exploitation Probability

via FIRST.org ↗
0.5%probability of exploitation in next 30 days
Lower Risk0.00%
Lower risk than most CVEs39th percentile — riskier than 39% of all scored CVEsHighest risk
0.00%0.32%0.63%0.95%0.4%0.5%0.5%Sep 26Nov 26Nov 26

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, from FIRST.org EPSS.

How urgent is this, really

Where this sits among everything scored

Real-World Exposure

1 pkg affected
🦀Simple-Wayland-HotKey-Daemon

Real-time download stats are indexed for npm and PyPI packages. This vulnerability affects crates.io packages — download data is not available via public APIs for these ecosystems.

Description

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.

Affected Packages

1 total
EcosystemPackageVulnerable rangeFix
🦀crates.ioSimple-Wayland-HotKey-Daemonall versionsNo fix

Affected Products

1 product · 1 configurations
Application
swhkdwaycrate
1 version
1.1.5
Exploits & PoCs
1

Research use only. For defensive security, authorized penetration testing, and academic research only. Never execute exploit code against systems without explicit written authorization.

SWHKD 1.1.5 consumes the keyboard events of unintended users. This could…

openwall.comNVDApr 2022

Detection & mitigation playbook

Open-source dependency

  1. Detect

    Scan your dependency tree (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, requirements.txt, go.sum, etc.) for Simple-Wayland-HotKey-Daemon, including transitive dependencies — a direct dependency you never call can still pull in a vulnerable version.

  2. Remediation status

    The records we use list no patched version of Simple-Wayland-HotKey-Daemon for CVE-2022-27817. Check the maintainer's advisory, and where your build allows, override or pin the dependency away from the vulnerable range.

  3. Mitigate without a patch

    If you can't upgrade right away: gate or disable the affected feature, validate untrusted input at the boundary, and avoid passing attacker-controlled data into the vulnerable path. O3's runtime protection blocks exploitation in production as an interim safeguard until the upgrade lands.

Frequently Asked Questions

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.
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CVE-2022-27817: Simple-Wayland-HotKey (Medium 4.4)