What is CVE-2026-15681?
AnyDesk Screen Recording Link Following Denial-of-Service Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows local attackers to create a denial-of-service condition on affected installations of AnyDesk. An attacker must first obtain the ability to execute low-privileged code on the target system in order to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the handling of screen recording files. By creating a junction, an attacker can abuse the service to create arbitrary files. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to create a denial-of-service condition on the system. Was ZDI-CAN-26591.
The record classifies CVE-2026-15681 under weakness class CWE-59. Its CVSS v3 base vector states that the flaw requires local access to the host, needs low-privilege credentials, needs no user interaction, and has high impact on availability. 1 affected-product entry is recorded, across 1 vendor, listed below. The identifier was first published 117 days ago.
Severity and exploitation probability
- CVSS v3.1 base score
- 4.7 — MEDIUM
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - EPSS (FIRST)
- 0.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 1.2% of all scored CVEs
- CISA KEV
- Not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
- Threadlinqs priority
- 2.4/10 — a Threadlinqs composite of the CVSS base score, the EPSS percentile and public exploit availability
- Published
- 2026-07-13, last modified 2026-07-14
Is CVE-2026-15681 being exploited?
No public exploitation evidence for CVE-2026-15681 is recorded in the sources Threadlinqs tracks — CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, public proof-of-concept repositories and ProjectDiscovery Nuclei — as of 2026-07-14. That is an absence of evidence in those feeds, not a guarantee that the vulnerability is unexploited.
Affected products and versions
- AnyDesk: AnyDesk
How to fix CVE-2026-15681
No vendor patch reference has been recorded for CVE-2026-15681 in the tracked sources. Follow the references below for a fix, and treat the products listed above as exposed until the vendor states otherwise.
Threat activity tracking CVE-2026-15681
1 tracked threat in the Threadlinqs corpus references CVE-2026-15681, either in the campaign’s CVE list or as an indicator on the campaign record.
- AnyDesk "Send Support Information" Link-Following Denial-of-Service (CVE-2026-15682) — MEDIUM · 2026-07-16
Sources
Enriched from CVE.org, FIRST EPSS, GitHub Security Advisories. Last verified by Threadlinqs on .