The vulnerability of the Display Key Combination Fast Access swhkd mechanism in the Wayland display server protocol allows a hacker to gain access to protected information or cause a service failure.

The vulnerability of the Display Key Combination Fast Access daemon, swhkd, in the Wayland display server protocol is related to the ability to connect to the UNIX domain socket /tmp/swhkd.sock. Exploiting this vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to protected information or caus...

Insecure Temporary File in SWHKD

SWHKD is a display protocol-independent hotkey daemon made in Rust. In SWHKD versions 1.1.5 and prior, SWHKD uses the /tmp/swhkd.pid pathname. As /tmp is accessible to all users, there can be an information leak or denial of service. No known workarounds exist. A patch is available on the 1.1.0...