CVE-2026-94540: Missing Authentication for Critical Function in MrPear DesktopSMS
DesktopSMS 1.11.0 by MrPear contains an unauthorized access vulnerability that allows local attackers to transmit SMS, retrieve SMS-derived content, and persist an attacker-selected paired identity by interacting with the application's local service without any pairing confirmation or user interaction. Attackers can exploit the unauthenticated local service through same-device loopback to perform privileged SMS operations using the victim application's permissions.
CVE-2026-94540: Missing Authentication for Critical Function in MrPear DesktopSMS
Description
DesktopSMS 1.11.0 by MrPear contains an unauthorized access vulnerability that allows local attackers to transmit SMS, retrieve SMS-derived content, and persist an attacker-selected paired identity by interacting with the application's local service without any pairing confirmation or user interaction. Attackers can exploit the unauthenticated local service through same-device loopback to perform privileged SMS operations using the victim application's permissions.
CVSS v4.0
Score 7.4high
Affected software
MrPear
DesktopSMS
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- VulnCheck
- Date Reserved
- 2026-09-21T18:30:49.504Z
- Cvss Version
- 4.0
- State
- PUBLISHED
Threat ID: 6ab1a96d55bf5e2cf5882f66
Added to database: 09/21/2026, 22:02:21 UTC
Last updated: 09/21/2026, 22:02:21 UTC
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