CVE-2025-8069
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Summary
During the AWS Client VPN client installation on Windows devices, the install process references the C:\usr\local\windows-x86_64-openssl-localbuild\ssl directory location to fetch the OpenSSL configuration file. As a result, a non-admin user could place arbitrary code in the configuration file. If an admin user starts the AWS Client VPN client installation process, that code could be executed with root-level privileges. This issue does not affect Linux or Mac devices.
We recommend users discontinue any new installations of AWS Client VPN on Windows prior to version 5.2.2.
Affected Software
| Vendor | Product | Version Range | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| AWS | Client VPN | 4.1.0 | affected |
| AWS | Client VPN | 5.0.0 < 5.2.2 | affected |
Weaknesses
- CWE-276: CWE-276 Incorrect Default Permissions
ADP Enrichment
CISA ADP Vulnrichment
- SSVC:
- Exploitation: none
- Automatable: no
- Technical Impact: total
References
- https://aws.amazon.com/security/security-bulletins/AWS-2025-014/
- https://docs.aws.amazon.com/vpn/latest/clientvpn-user/client-vpn-connect-windows-release-notes.html
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