Command Injection Affecting Windscribe/Desktop-App package, versions [,2.18.3)
Threat Intelligence
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- published11 Dec 2025
- disclosed10 Dec 2025
- creditUnknown
Introduced: 10 Dec 2025
NewCVE-2025-65199 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade Windscribe/Desktop-App to version 2.18.3 or higher.
Overview
Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Command Injection via the changeMTU() function when processing the adapterName and mtu parameters. An attacker can execute arbitrary commands with root privileges by supplying crafted input as a local user who is a member of the windscribe group.
Note: This issue affects only Linux users.