Vulnerability record · CVE-2025-65199 · published 10 December 2025

CVE-2025-65199: Windscribe os command injection vulnerability

Windscribe · Windscribe

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.

7.3 CVSS 4.0 High EPSS 1.3% · top 31.7% CWE-78 · OS command injection

7.3CVSS 4.0 base score

1.3%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days

NoNot in CISA KEV

1Affected product versions listed by NVD

6References, 1 tagged exploit

25 Sep 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

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/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

Windscribe Windscribe

References

Link	Tags
https://github.com/Windscribe/Desktop-App	Product
https://github.com/Windscribe/Desktop-App/compare/v2.18.2...v2.18.3?diff=unified&w#diff-57e27ab201a1a612609087b839e03bf8	Patch
https://github.com/Windscribe/Desktop-App/compare/v2.18.2...v2.18.3?diff=unified&w#diff-cfc5df17057ed92112ae70a42c81c57c	Patch
https://hackingbydoing.wixsite.com/hackingbydoing/post/windscribe-vpn-local-privilege-escalation	ExploitPress/Media CoverageThird Party Advisory
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/cisagov/CSAF/develop/csaf_files/IT/white/2025/va-25-343-01.json	Third Party Advisory
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-65199	Third Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2025-65199), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-27). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.