CVE-2025-4636 Local Privilege Escalation
A malicious actor controlling the web user can escalate privileges to root due to excessive permissions on the Airpointer web platform.
- 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-2025-4636?
CVE-2025-4636 is a high-severity vulnerability in JCT Airpointer, published on 30 May 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Due to excessive privileges granted to the web user running the airpointer web platform, a malicious actor that gains control of the this user would be able to privilege escalate to the root user
Weakness: CWE-269
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-4636?
How do I fix CVE-2025-4636?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-4636 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2025-4636 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-4636 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-fjc6-ph8v-27j9.