CVE-2025-65199

7.8 HIGH
Published: December 10, 2025 Modified: December 23, 2025
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Description

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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CVSS v3.x Details

0.0 Low Medium High Critical 10.0
Vector String
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/Windscribe/Desktop-App
Source: 9119a7d8-5eab-497f-8521-727c672e3725
Product
https://github.com/Windscribe/Desktop-App/compare/v2.18.2...v2.18.3?diff=unified&w#diff-57e27ab201a1a612609087b839e03bf87a5a063ffcc3f465a6245469bc102754
Source: 9119a7d8-5eab-497f-8521-727c672e3725
Patch
https://github.com/Windscribe/Desktop-App/compare/v2.18.2...v2.18.3?diff=unified&w#diff-cfc5df17057ed92112ae70a42c81c57c79f434429210ff881fb0771cf8e39b4c
Source: 9119a7d8-5eab-497f-8521-727c672e3725
Patch
https://hackingbydoing.wixsite.com/hackingbydoing/post/windscribe-vpn-local-privilege-escalation
Source: 9119a7d8-5eab-497f-8521-727c672e3725
Exploit Press/Media Coverage Third Party Advisory
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/cisagov/CSAF/develop/csaf_files/IT/white/2025/va-25-343-01.json
Source: 9119a7d8-5eab-497f-8521-727c672e3725
Third Party Advisory
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-65199
Source: 9119a7d8-5eab-497f-8521-727c672e3725
Third Party Advisory US Government Resource

6 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
7.8 / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
0.1%
17th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-78

Affected Vendors

windscribe

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