Windscribe for Linux ‘changeMTU’ local privilege escalation_CVE-2025-65199

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    "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.",
    "published": "2025-12-10T18:04:35.733Z",
    "modified": "2025-12-10T18:04:35.733Z",
    "type": "cve",
    "title": "Windscribe for Linux 'changeMTU' local privilege escalation",
    "source": "cisa-cg",
    "references": "https://github.com/Windscribe/Desktop-App\nhttps://github.com/Windscribe/Desktop-App/compare/v2.18.2...v2.18.3?diff=unified&w#diff-cfc5df17057ed92112ae70a42c81c57c79f434429210ff881fb0771cf8e39b4c\nhttps://github.com/Windscribe/Desktop-App/compare/v2.18.2...v2.18.3?diff=unified&w#diff-57e27ab201a1a612609087b839e03bf87a5a063ffcc3f465a6245469bc102754\nhttps://hackingbydoing.wixsite.com/hackingbydoing/post/windscribe-vpn-local-privilege-escalation\nhttps://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-65199\nhttps://raw.githubusercontent.com/cisagov/CSAF/develop/csaf_files/IT/white/2025/va-25-343-01.json",
    "id": "CVE-2025-65199",
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    "sourceData": "Windscribe Windscribe for Linux Desktop App 2.10.1\nWindscribe Windscribe for Linux Desktop App 2.10.1",
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