CVE-2025-65199
HIGHWindscribe 2.10.1-2.17.10 - Local Command Injection via changeMTU adapterName Parameter
Title source: llmDescription
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.
References (6)
Core 6
Core References
Exploit, Press/Media Coverage, Third Party Advisory technical-description
third-party-advisory
https://hackingbydoing.wixsite.com/hackingbydoing/post/windscribe-vpn-local-privilege-escalation
Third Party Advisory government-resource
third-party-advisory
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/cisagov/CSAF/develop/csaf_files/IT/white/2025/va-25-343-01.json
Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-65199
Product product
https://github.com/Windscribe/Desktop-App
Scores
CVSS v3
7.8
EPSS
0.0109
EPSS Percentile
61.2%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical Impact
total
Details
CWE
CWE-78
Status
published
Products (4)
windscribe/windscribe
2.18.1 alpha
windscribe/windscribe
2.18.3
windscribe/windscribe
2.18.5
windscribe/windscribe
2.10.1 - 2.17.10
Published
Dec 10, 2025
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026