{"id":"CVE-2025-65199","title":"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' functi…","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' functi…","severity":"high","cvss":7.8,"cvssVector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","cwe":["CWE-78"],"vendor":"windscribe","product":"windscribe","affected":["windscribe >= 2.10.1, <= 2.17.10","windscribe = 2.18.1","windscribe = 2.18.3","windscribe = 2.18.5"],"published":"2025-12-10","updated":"2026-09-25","sourceUpdated":"2026-09-25T23:10:00.463","source":"NVD","sourceUrl":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-65199","references":[{"url":"https://github.com/Windscribe/Desktop-App","label":"9119a7d8-5eab-497f-8521-727c672e3725"},{"url":"https://github.com/Windscribe/Desktop-App/compare/v2.18.2...v2.18.3?diff=unified&w#diff-57e27ab201a1a612609087b839e03bf87a5a063ffcc3f465a6245469bc102754","label":"9119a7d8-5eab-497f-8521-727c672e3725"},{"url":"https://github.com/Windscribe/Desktop-App/compare/v2.18.2...v2.18.3?diff=unified&w#diff-cfc5df17057ed92112ae70a42c81c57c79f434429210ff881fb0771cf8e39b4c","label":"9119a7d8-5eab-497f-8521-727c672e3725"},{"url":"https://hackingbydoing.wixsite.com/hackingbydoing/post/windscribe-vpn-local-privilege-escalation","label":"9119a7d8-5eab-497f-8521-727c672e3725"},{"url":"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/cisagov/CSAF/develop/csaf_files/IT/white/2025/va-25-343-01.json","label":"9119a7d8-5eab-497f-8521-727c672e3725"},{"url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-65199","label":"9119a7d8-5eab-497f-8521-727c672e3725"}],"tags":["nvd"],"epss":0.01253,"epssPercentile":0.68198,"ingestedAt":"2026-09-25T23:21:16.936Z","slug":"CVE-2025-65199","body":"## Overview\n\nA 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.\n\n## Affected\n\n- `windscribe >= 2.10.1, <= 2.17.10`\n- `windscribe = 2.18.1`\n- `windscribe = 2.18.3`\n- `windscribe = 2.18.5`\n\n## Remediation\n\nRefer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.","depth":"twilight","depthScore":43,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":42.9,"likelihood":0.3,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[]}