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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Tue, 23 Dec 2025 15:30:00 +0000

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CPEs cpe:2.3:a:windscribe:windscribe:*:*:*:*:*:linux:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:windscribe:windscribe:2.18.1:alpha:*:*:*:linux:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:windscribe:windscribe:2.18.3:*:*:*:*:linux:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:windscribe:windscribe:2.18.5:*:*:*:*:linux:*:*

Thu, 18 Dec 2025 20:15:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Thu, 11 Dec 2025 16:30:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Linux
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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'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: cisa-cg

Published:

Updated: 2025-12-18T19:54:18.428Z

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

Link: CVE-2025-65199

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-12-18T19:54:15.756Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

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

Modified: 2025-12-23T15:27:16.247

Link: CVE-2025-65199

cve-icon Redhat

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2025-12-11T16:20:09Z

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