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.
History

Wed, 10 Dec 2025 18:15:00 +0000

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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.
Title Windscribe for Linux 'changeMTU' local privilege escalation
Weaknesses CWE-78
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 7.3, 'vector': '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'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: cisa-cg

Published: 2025-12-10T18:04:35.733Z

Updated: 2025-12-10T18:04:35.733Z

Reserved: 2025-11-18T07:05:42.386Z

Link: CVE-2025-65199

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2025-12-10T19:16:34.957

Modified: 2025-12-10T19:16:34.957

Link: CVE-2025-65199

cve-icon Redhat

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