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CVE-2025-65199

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Date: December 10, 2025

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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Related Resources (8)

https://github.com/Windscribe/Desktop-App/compare/v2.18.2...v2.18.3?diff=unified&w#diff-cfc5df17057ed92112ae70a42c81c57c79f434429210ff881fb0771cf8e39b4c
https://github.com/Windscribe/Desktop-App
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-65199
https://github.com/Windscribe/Desktop-App/compare/v2.18.2...v2.18.3?diff=unified&w#diff-57e27ab201a1a612609087b839e03bf87a5a063ffcc3f465a6245469bc102754
https://hackingbydoing.wixsite.com/hackingbydoing/post/windscribe-vpn-local-privilege-escalation
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/cisagov/CSAF/develop/csaf_files/IT/white/2025/va-25-343-01.json
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-65199
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2025-65199

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Weakness Type (CWE)

Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')

CWE-78

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Upgrade to version https://github.com/Windscribe/Desktop-App.git - v2.18.3

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CVSS v3.1

Base Score:
Attack Vector (AV): LOCAL
Attack Complexity (AC): LOW
Privileges Required (PR): LOW
User Interaction (UI): NONE
Scope (S): UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C): HIGH
Integrity (I): HIGH
Availability (A): HIGH

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