CVE-2025-65199 (GCVE-0-2025-65199)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-12-10 18:04 – Updated: 2025-12-18 19:54
VLAI?
Title
Windscribe for Linux 'changeMTU' local privilege escalation
Summary
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.
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
CWE
  • CWE-78 - Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Windscribe Windscribe for Linux Desktop App Affected: 2.10.1 , < 2.18.3-alpha (custom)
Affected: 2.10.1 , < 2.18.8 (custom)
Unaffected: 2.18.3-alpha
Unaffected: 2.18.8
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