CVE-2026-16477 PUBLISHED

Insecure Deserialization of .cleanshot Files in CleanShot X

Assigner: CERT-PL
Reserved: 21.07.2026 Published: 22.10.2026 Updated: 22.10.2026

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

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:L/SI:L/SA:L
CVSS Score: 8.4

Product Status

Vendor MTW
Product CleanShot X
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 4.0.0 to 4.5.2 (excl.)
  • affected from 4.6.0 to 4.6.3 (excl.)
  • affected from 4.7.0 to 4.7.8 (excl.)
  • affected from 4.8.0 to 4.8.10 (excl.)

Credits

  • Dharan24 finder

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-502: Deserialization of Untrusted Data CWE