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National Vulnerability Database

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CVE-2025-65199 Detail

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 4.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST CVSS score
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CNA:  Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) U.S. Civilian Government
CVSS-B 7.3 HIGH
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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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
https://github.com/Windscribe/Desktop-App Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) U.S. Civilian Government Product 
https://github.com/Windscribe/Desktop-App/compare/v2.18.2...v2.18.3?diff=unified&w#diff-57e27ab201a1a612609087b839e03bf87a5a063ffcc3f465a6245469bc102754 Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) U.S. Civilian Government Patch 
https://github.com/Windscribe/Desktop-App/compare/v2.18.2...v2.18.3?diff=unified&w#diff-cfc5df17057ed92112ae70a42c81c57c79f434429210ff881fb0771cf8e39b4c Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) U.S. Civilian Government Patch 
https://hackingbydoing.wixsite.com/hackingbydoing/post/windscribe-vpn-local-privilege-escalation Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) U.S. Civilian Government Exploit  Press/Media Coverage  Third Party Advisory 
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/cisagov/CSAF/develop/csaf_files/IT/white/2025/va-25-343-01.json Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) U.S. Civilian Government Third Party Advisory 
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-65199 Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) U.S. Civilian Government Third Party Advisory  US Government Resource 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-78 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection') Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) U.S. Civilian Government  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2025-65199
NVD Published Date:
12/10/2025
NVD Last Modified:
06/17/2026
Source:
Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) U.S. Civilian Government