CVE-2025-10714 Privilege escalation in AXIS Optimizer
Local attackers with admin rights can escalate privileges via unquoted search path in AXIS Optimizer on Windows.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-10714?
CVE-2025-10714 is a high-severity vulnerability in AXIS Optimizer, published on 11 Nov 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
AXIS Optimizer was vulnerable to an unquoted search path vulnerability, which could potentially lead to privilege escalation within Microsoft Windows operating system. This vulnerability can only be exploited if the attacker has access to the local Windows machine and sufficient access rights (administrator) to write data into the installation path of AXIS Optimizer.
Weakness: CWE-428
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-10714?
How do I fix CVE-2025-10714?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-10714 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2025-10714 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-10714 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-q4vr-qfhc-8wp3.