# CVE-2025-23385: Privilege escalation in ETW Host Service

> Local attackers can escalate privileges via the ETW Host Service in JetBrains development tools, requiring an upgrade to patched versions.

- **Severity:** High 7.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 28 Jan 2025
- **Updated:** 28 Jan 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-m9gq-w7jg-mrwv

## What is CVE-2025-23385?

CVE-2025-23385 is a high-severity vulnerability in JetBrains ETW Host Service, published on 28 Jan 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

In JetBrains ReSharper before 2024.3.4, 2024.2.8, and 2024.1.7, Rider before 2024.3.4, 2024.2.8, and 2024.1.7, dotTrace before 2024.3.4, 2024.2.8, and 2024.1.7, ETW Host Service before 16.43, Local Privilege Escalation via the ETW Host Service was possible

Weakness: CWE-114 (Process Control)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-23385?

It affects 4 products.


Products: Jetbrains Dottrace, Jetbrains Etw Host Service, Jetbrains Resharper, Jetbrains Rider.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-23385?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-23385 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-23385 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-23385 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in JetBrains ETW Host Service

- [CVE-2025-64457](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-64457/): Race condition in ReSharper, Rider and dotTrace (medium 4.2)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-23385 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-23385 is a high-severity vulnerability in JetBrains ETW Host Service, published on 28 Jan 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-23385 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: JetBrains ETW Host Service. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-23385/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-23385/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-23385
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-23385
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-23385

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-23385/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.