CVE-2025-26168 HIGH

CVE-2025-26168

Vendor Ixon
Product VPN Client
Weakness CWE-732
Published May 7, 2025
Last update May 7, 2025

CVSS base score

8.1/10
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity High
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Confidentiality High
Integrity High

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

What the vulnerability does

01Description

IXON VPN Client before 1.4.4 on Linux and macOS allows Local Privilege Escalation to root because there is code execution from a configuration file that can be controlled by a low-privileged user. There is a race condition in which a temporary configuration file, in a world-writable directory, can be overwritten.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

May 7, 2025 CVE published
May 7, 2025 Record updated