CVE-2025-1079 (GCVE-0-2025-1079)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-05-12 20:03 – Updated: 2025-05-12 20:23
VLAI
Title
RCE In Google Web Designer
Summary
Client RCE on macOS and Linux via improper symbolic link resolution in Google Web Designer's preview feature
Severity
7.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Google Web Designer Affected: 0 , < 16.2.0.0128 (custom)
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Credits
Bálint Magyar
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