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CVE-2025-65199

Windscribe for Linux 'changeMTU' local privilege escalation

Published
Last modified
published
Not listed in CISA KEV
Fix
Fixed in 2.18.3-alpha, 2.18.8
None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub
  • Exploitation: none
  • Automatable: no
  • Technical impact: total

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.

Timeline

  1. CVE published
  2. CISA SSVC assessment

    Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: total

  3. Record last updated

Affected versions

  • Windscribe Windscribe for Linux Desktop App

    From 2.10.1 · fixed in 2.18.3-alpha; From 2.10.1 · fixed in 2.18.8

References 6

GitHub · Windscribe/Desktop-App

hackingbydoing.wixsite.com

cve.org

raw.githubusercontent.com