CVE-2025-26168 Race condition in VPN Client
A local attacker can escalate privileges to root by exploiting a race condition in a world-writable configuration file.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-26168?
CVE-2025-26168 is a high-severity vulnerability in IXON VPN Client, published on 7 May 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
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.
Weakness: CWE-732
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-26168?
How do I fix CVE-2025-26168?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-26168 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2025-26168 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-26168 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-f4mm-pxc8-94h7.