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CVE-2025-65199

Published: Dec 10, 2025

Modified: Dec 18, 2025

PUBLISHED

CVSS v3.1

7.8

HIGH

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.

Vendor	Product	Versions
Windscribe	Windscribe for Linux Desktop App	affected `2.10.1 - < 2.18.3-alpha` affected `2.10.1 - < 2.18.8` unaffected `2.18.3-alpha` unaffected `2.18.8`

Weaknesses (CWE)

CVSS v3.1 Details

CVSS v3.1 Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

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