CVE-2025-65199

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.

• CWE-78

• https://github.com/Windscribe/Desktop-AppProduct
• https://github.com/Windscribe/Desktop-App/compare/v2.18.2...v2.18.3?diff=unified&w#diff-57e27ab201a1a612609087b839e03bf87a5a063ffcc3f465a6245469bc102754Patch
• https://github.com/Windscribe/Desktop-App/compare/v2.18.2...v2.18.3?diff=unified&w#diff-cfc5df17057ed92112ae70a42c81c57c79f434429210ff881fb0771cf8e39b4cPatch
• https://hackingbydoing.wixsite.com/hackingbydoing/post/windscribe-vpn-local-privilege-escalationExploit, Press/Media Coverage, Third Party Advisory
• https://raw.githubusercontent.com/cisagov/CSAF/develop/csaf_files/IT/white/2025/va-25-343-01.jsonThird Party Advisory
• https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-65199Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource

Published

Dec 10, 2025

Last Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Status

Analyzed

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