CVE-2025-2102 Path traversal in Passwordless
An attacker can exploit improper link resolution to achieve privilege escalation on Windows systems using HYPR Passwordless.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-2102?
CVE-2025-2102 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in HYPR Passwordless, published on 21 May 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following') vulnerability in HYPR Passwordless on Windows allows Privilege Escalation.This issue affects HYPR Passwordless: before 10.1.
Weakness: CWE-59
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-2102?
How do I fix CVE-2025-2102?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-2102 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.
Is CVE-2025-2102 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-2102 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-472r-j47f-hrmv.