ghsa-842w-c8vj-r24w
Vulnerability from github
Published
2025-12-10 21:31
Modified
2025-12-10 21:31
Severity ?
7.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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
Details

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.

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  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2025-65199"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-78"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2025-12-10T19:16:34Z",
    "severity": "HIGH"
  },
  "details": "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 \u0027adapterName\u0027 parameter of the \u0027changeMTU\u0027 function. Fixed in Windscribe v2.18.3-alpha and v2.18.8.",
  "id": "GHSA-842w-c8vj-r24w",
  "modified": "2025-12-10T21:31:37Z",
  "published": "2025-12-10T21:31:37Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-65199"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/Windscribe/Desktop-App"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/Windscribe/Desktop-App/compare/v2.18.2...v2.18.3?diff=unified\u0026w#diff-57e27ab201a1a612609087b839e03bf87a5a063ffcc3f465a6245469bc102754"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/Windscribe/Desktop-App/compare/v2.18.2...v2.18.3?diff=unified\u0026w#diff-cfc5df17057ed92112ae70a42c81c57c79f434429210ff881fb0771cf8e39b4c"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://hackingbydoing.wixsite.com/hackingbydoing/post/windscribe-vpn-local-privilege-escalation"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/cisagov/CSAF/develop/csaf_files/IT/white/2025/va-25-343-01.json"
    },
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      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-65199"
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  "severity": [
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      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
    {
      "score": "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",
      "type": "CVSS_V4"
    }
  ]
}


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