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CVE-2025-65199

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.
Lifecycle PUBLISHED1 preserved revisionFact urn:baitaphish:canonical-cve-fact-revision:v2:9002190cbd31f8d7a58054f5b9da4b0d16bfce91c2ffdd9525ccaafde74aa821
Known exploited
Not asserted
Disputed
No
Stale source
No
Conflicts
1

Preserved source conflicts

No provider value was silently selected as the winner.

cvss · 2 assertions

{"metric":{"attackComplexity":"LOW","attackVector":"LOCAL","availabilityImpact":"HIGH","baseScore":7.8,"baseSeverity":"HIGH","confidentialityImpact":"HIGH","integrityImpact":"HIGH","privilegesRequired":"LOW","scope":"UNCHANGED","userInteraction":"NONE","vectorString":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","version":"3.1"},"metric_type":"cvssV3_1"}

  • cve_program_cvelist_v5cvss
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:9a3694f3d825422ff7a1def6319f24def100b728762999b6819be77c9c6e64fc · sha256:e10d4cace2d9ac26… · /containers/cna/metrics/0/cvssV3_1

{"metric":{"attackComplexity":"LOW","attackRequirements":"PRESENT","attackVector":"LOCAL","baseScore":7.3,"baseSeverity":"HIGH","privilegesRequired":"LOW","subAvailabilityImpact":"NONE","subConfidentialityImpact":"NONE","subIntegrityImpact":"NONE","userInteraction":"NONE","vectorString":"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","version":"4.0","vulnAvailabilityImpact":"HIGH","vulnConfidentialityImpact":"HIGH","vulnIntegrityImpact":"HIGH"},"metric_type":"cvssV4_0"}

  • cve_program_cvelist_v5cvss
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:9a3694f3d825422ff7a1def6319f24def100b728762999b6819be77c9c6e64fc · sha256:e10d4cace2d9ac26… · /containers/cna/metrics/1/cvssV4_0

Affected products and versions

1 source assertion
{"defaultStatus":"unknown","product":"Windscribe for Linux Desktop App","vendor":"Windscribe","versions":[{"lessThan":"2.18.3-alpha","status":"affected","version":"2.10.1","versionType":"custom"},{"lessThan":"2.18.8","status":"affected","version":"2.10.1","versionType":"custom"},{"status":"unaffected","version":"2.18.3-alpha"},{"status":"unaffected","version":"2.18.8"}]}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5affected
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:9a3694f3d825422ff7a1def6319f24def100b728762999b6819be77c9c6e64fc · sha256:e10d4cace2d9ac26… · /containers/cna/affected/0

Provider-owned CVSS observations

2 source assertions
{"metric":{"attackComplexity":"LOW","attackVector":"LOCAL","availabilityImpact":"HIGH","baseScore":7.8,"baseSeverity":"HIGH","confidentialityImpact":"HIGH","integrityImpact":"HIGH","privilegesRequired":"LOW","scope":"UNCHANGED","userInteraction":"NONE","vectorString":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","version":"3.1"},"metric_type":"cvssV3_1"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5cvss
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:9a3694f3d825422ff7a1def6319f24def100b728762999b6819be77c9c6e64fc · sha256:e10d4cace2d9ac26… · /containers/cna/metrics/0/cvssV3_1
{"metric":{"attackComplexity":"LOW","attackRequirements":"PRESENT","attackVector":"LOCAL","baseScore":7.3,"baseSeverity":"HIGH","privilegesRequired":"LOW","subAvailabilityImpact":"NONE","subConfidentialityImpact":"NONE","subIntegrityImpact":"NONE","userInteraction":"NONE","vectorString":"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","version":"4.0","vulnAvailabilityImpact":"HIGH","vulnConfidentialityImpact":"HIGH","vulnIntegrityImpact":"HIGH"},"metric_type":"cvssV4_0"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5cvss
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:9a3694f3d825422ff7a1def6319f24def100b728762999b6819be77c9c6e64fc · sha256:e10d4cace2d9ac26… · /containers/cna/metrics/1/cvssV4_0

CWE assertions

1 source assertion
{"cweId":"CWE-78","description":"CWE-78 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')","lang":"en","type":"CWE"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5cwe
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:9a3694f3d825422ff7a1def6319f24def100b728762999b6819be77c9c6e64fc · sha256:e10d4cace2d9ac26… · /containers/cna/problemTypes/0/descriptions/0

Source references

6 source assertions
{"name":"url","tags":["product"],"url":"https://github.com/Windscribe/Desktop-App"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:9a3694f3d825422ff7a1def6319f24def100b728762999b6819be77c9c6e64fc · sha256:e10d4cace2d9ac26… · /containers/cna/references/0
{"name":"url","tags":["patch"],"url":"https://github.com/Windscribe/Desktop-App/compare/v2.18.2...v2.18.3?diff=unified&w#diff-57e27ab201a1a612609087b839e03bf87a5a063ffcc3f465a6245469bc102754"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:9a3694f3d825422ff7a1def6319f24def100b728762999b6819be77c9c6e64fc · sha256:e10d4cace2d9ac26… · /containers/cna/references/2
{"name":"url","tags":["patch"],"url":"https://github.com/Windscribe/Desktop-App/compare/v2.18.2...v2.18.3?diff=unified&w#diff-cfc5df17057ed92112ae70a42c81c57c79f434429210ff881fb0771cf8e39b4c"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:9a3694f3d825422ff7a1def6319f24def100b728762999b6819be77c9c6e64fc · sha256:e10d4cace2d9ac26… · /containers/cna/references/1
{"name":"url","tags":["technical-description","third-party-advisory"],"url":"https://hackingbydoing.wixsite.com/hackingbydoing/post/windscribe-vpn-local-privilege-escalation"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:9a3694f3d825422ff7a1def6319f24def100b728762999b6819be77c9c6e64fc · sha256:e10d4cace2d9ac26… · /containers/cna/references/3
{"name":"url","tags":["government-resource","third-party-advisory"],"url":"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/cisagov/CSAF/develop/csaf_files/IT/white/2025/va-25-343-01.json"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:9a3694f3d825422ff7a1def6319f24def100b728762999b6819be77c9c6e64fc · sha256:e10d4cace2d9ac26… · /containers/cna/references/5
{"name":"url","url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-65199"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:9a3694f3d825422ff7a1def6319f24def100b728762999b6819be77c9c6e64fc · sha256:e10d4cace2d9ac26… · /containers/cna/references/4

Attribution and limitations

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