CVE-2025-11462 CRITICAL

CVE-2025-11462: Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in AWS Client VPN macOS Client

Vendor Aws
Product Client VPN
Weakness CWE-59
Published October 7, 2025
Last update February 26, 2026
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CVSS base score

9.3/10
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Confidentiality —
Integrity —

CVSS vector

CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H

What the vulnerability does

01Description

Improper Link Resolution Before File Access in the AWS VPN Client for macOS versions 1.3.2- 5.2.0 allows a local user to execute code with elevated privileges. Insufficient validation checks on the log destination directory during log rotation could allow a non-administrator user to create a symlink from a client log file to a privileged location. On log rotation, this could lead to code execution with root privileges if the user made crafted API calls which injected arbitrary code into the log file. We recommend users upgrade to AWS VPN Client for macOS 5.2.1 or the latest version.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

October 7, 2025 CVE published
February 26, 2026 Record updated