High severityNVD Advisory· Published Oct 22, 2026· Updated Oct 22, 2026
CVE-2026-16477
CVE-2026-16477
Description
CleanShot X for macOS insecurely deserializes untrusted data embedded in a .cleanshot project file (editable screenshot annotations). Exploitation requires an attacker to craft a malicious .cleanshot file, deliver it to the target, and have the target open it; the payload then executes automatically during parsing, resulting in arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user. Users who have never opened a .cleanshot file from an untrusted source are not affected by this vulnerability. This vulnerability was fixed in versions: 4.5.2, 4.6.3, 4.7.8 and 4.8.10
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Affected products
1- Range: before 4.5.2, before 4.6.3, before 4.7.8, before 4.8.10
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