CVEvulnerability
CVE-2025-65199
7.3 HIGH
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- Status
- Analyzed
- Published
- 2025-12-10
- Last modified
- 2026-09-28
- Assigner
- 9119a7d8-5eab-497f-8521-727c672e3725
- CVSS 4.0 (9119a7d8-5eab-497f-8521-727c672e3725)
- 7.3 HIGH — CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
- CVSS 3.1 (9119a7d8-5eab-497f-8521-727c672e3725)
- 7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-78
Description
A command injection vulnerability exists in Windscribe for Linux Desktop App that allows a local user who is a member of the windscribe group to execute arbitrary commands as root via the 'adapterName' parameter of the 'changeMTU' function. Fixed in Windscribe v2.18.3-alpha and v2.18.8.
Affected configurations
• windscribe windscribe (>= 2.10.1 <= 2.17.10)
• windscribe windscribe 2.18.1
• windscribe windscribe 2.18.3
• windscribe windscribe 2.18.5
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-78 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command weakness
References
- https://github.com/Windscribe/Desktop-App Product
- https://github.com/Windscribe/Desktop-App/compare/v2.18.2...v2.18.3?diff=unified&w#diff-57e27ab201a1a612609087b839e03bf87a5a063ffcc3f465a6245469bc102754 Patch
- https://github.com/Windscribe/Desktop-App/compare/v2.18.2...v2.18.3?diff=unified&w#diff-cfc5df17057ed92112ae70a42c81c57c79f434429210ff881fb0771cf8e39b4c Patch
- https://hackingbydoing.wixsite.com/hackingbydoing/post/windscribe-vpn-local-privilege-escalation Exploit, Press/Media Coverage, Third Party Advisory
- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/cisagov/CSAF/develop/csaf_files/IT/white/2025/va-25-343-01.json Third Party Advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-65199 Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource