Improper Privilege Management Affecting mozilla-mobile/mozilla-vpn-client package, versions [,2.28.0)
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- published10 Jul 2025
- disclosed11 Jun 2025
- creditEgor Filatov
Introduced: 11 Jun 2025
CVE-2025-5687 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade mozilla-mobile/mozilla-vpn-client to version 2.28.0 or higher.
Overview
Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Privilege Management due to improper handling of user permissions. An attacker can escalate privileges by exploiting this flaw.
Note:
This issue only affects Mozilla VPN on macOS. Other operating systems are unaffected.