CVEvulnerability

CVE-2025-8614

7.8 HIGH Published 2025-09-02 Modified 2026-10-19 Official page ↗
Status
Analyzed
Published
2025-09-02
Last modified
2026-10-19
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weaknesses
CWE-427

Description

NoMachine Uncontrolled Search Path Element Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows local attackers to escalate privileges on affected installations of NoMachine. 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 configuration of OpenSSL. The product loads an OpenSSL configuration file from an unsecured location. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to escalate privileges and execute arbitrary code in the context of the service account. Was ZDI-CAN-26766.

Affected configurations

• nomachine nomachine (< 8.17.2) • nomachine nomachine (>= 9.0 < 9.1.24)

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-427 Uncontrolled Search Path Element weakness

References